Here at the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, we are sometimes asked whether or not our butterfly feeders are available to buy.  People think, that by having these feeders in their gardens it will attract the butterflies, much as bird feeders attract the birds. But, it doesn’t work like that with butterflies. Although our feeders are obviously [...]

Here in Australia we are home to the world’s most painful plant to touch, the stinging tree.  The worst of this species, the Gympie Gympie, is found right here in Cairns, but also found on Australia’s eastern coast, from Iron Ranges on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, to wet temperate rainforests of the South East.  The [...]

What a week it has been at the Wildlife Habitat and Port Douglas. Port Douglas Carnivale 2011 has just finished and our crew here have been really busy. We participated in the Street Parade, the Taste of Port Fine Food Festival, spent a day on the beach with our animals at the 4 Mile  Beach [...]