Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary

Well laid out bike and walking paths, easy walking.

Great area for a bushwalk, run or a cycle. The twilight tours are excellent, but expensive. The eastern bettongs are very cute at night - if you're quiet and look around they'll let you get quite close.

If you like nature, native animals and bush walks, this is a fantastic location to explore.

A great walking track

Great access to some really good Bush walking trails. Lots of wildlife to see beyond the standard Kangaroos and Wallabies with turtles, lizards and Echidnas smattered throughout the woodlands.

A nice walking / riding circuit to help keep fit.

A beautiful conservation ark on the northern border of Canberra. Echidnas are easy to spot (there's usually a couple within 100 yards of the main gate) and there's plenty more wildlife to see - especially at dawn and dusk. The night tours are also brilliant. Bring your kids and your camera.

Panoramic views lots of flora and fauna.

Missed out on buying a piece from Emily Birk's exhibition – 'Sanctuary'? You can purchase prints of her work here!

Get your ticket to the fad that is sweeping the nation.
Shoshana, our Avian expert, will take your journeying through the Critically Endangered Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands in search of the 160 bird species that call Mulligans Flat home.
... WARNING: joining this tour may invoke a crippling addiction to spotting birds and spending time in nature.
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Science in the Sanctuary part 2

Science in the Sanctuary 2018

We are live-streaming Science in Sanctuary in 30 minutes! Stay tuned.

Today is the day! #ScienceintheSanctuary starts in 1 hour. We will be living streaming the presentations, so if you're at home – stay posted.
Last on our list in Sanctuary Manager, Will Batson, who will be giving us the low down on the expansion of the Sanctuary, as well as deets on our whiz-bang visitors centre expected to open late 2019.

Tomorrow is #ScienceintheSanctuary! The 6th speaker on the night is Science at ANU Honours student – Yaana Leroy. She will be divulging her detective secrets in tracking small mammals in the Sanctuary.
(New Holland Mouse photo by Tim Bawden).

There are a few tickets left on our nighttime events this weekend – our regular Twilight Tour on Friday, and tantalising Truffle Tour on Saturday! Don't miss out! Bookings at: mulligansflat.org.au/tours/

Only three more days until #ScienceintheSanctuary!
5th on the list is Dr Laura Rayner from Science at ANU and Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development. She will be sharing stories of climbing trees in search of Superb Parrots, and explaining the ways we can safeguard these threatened birds.

Only four days until 'Science in the Sanctuary! 3rd and 4th on the night are Science at ANU PhD researchers:
Brittany Brockett investigating the role of genetics in conservation & Tim Andrewartha with his efforts to 'outfox the fox'.

6 more days until Science in the Sanctuary! Second on the night is PhD Researcher Belinda Wilson who has been investigating the best ways to reintroduce Eastern Quolls back to the mainland of Australia.
Photo on right by Charles Davis Photography

The countdown is on for Science in the Sanctuary! One week to go. First up on the night is PhD researcher Catherine Ross talking about the Eastern Bettong and it's job as Ecosystem Engineer.

Enjoy the sunshine these School Holidays and search for rare birds that are found at Mulligans Flat! Join our enthusiastic expert Shoshana to find out all things birds. Bookings at bit.ly/2NEyshD
Photo by Julie Clark.

Celebrating the work of our amazing guide and ecologist – Kristi Lee – this NAIDOC week. #becauseofherwecan. She made it into NITV's list of inspirational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women doing extraordinary things:
'22-year-old Githabul (Bundjalung) woman, Kristi Lee works as a guide at Mulligan's Flat Woodland Sanctuary, ACT.
Kristi has an undergraduate degree in ecology and particularly loves reptiles. She inspires others to care about conservation and works wit...h ecologists to monitor reintroduced threatened species wildlife like quolls and bettongs.
She works incredibly hard to develop and incorporate Indigenous knowledges and stories into her outreach and tours, and runs unique engaging events in the community like dot painting and 'Kids on Country', where she takes young ones out to learn about the woodlands from an Indigenous perspective. This year, she ran the Reconciliation Day event at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands.'
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Look out for our amazing guide and ecologist – Kristi Lee – in this list of inspirational women! #becauseofherwecan #NAIDOC18

Our Artist in Residence Emily Birks - Wildlife Art and her wonderful exhibition 'Sanctuary' is in the Canberra Weekly this week! Her exhibition is still running at the Strathain Arts gallery, so check it out.

Little Tawny Frogmouths try to catch some shut eye on a windy day at Mulligans Flat. The poor nocturnal sods cling on tight to their treebranch bed.
Video captured by Andrew Easey.

Our current Allstar work experience student – Dhani Gilbert, was on the radio this morning speaking about the important role of women in the Indigenous community – tying in with NAIDOC Week's 2018 theme 'Because of her, we can!'
Definitely worth a listen! We have some brilliant future leaders here in Canberra!

Photographer Julie Clark recently snapped pics of these little balls of fire. Scarlet Robins are altitudinal migrants. This means they travel to higher mountainous areas in the summer, and come back to low-lying woodlands like Mulligans Flat in the Winter. #animalsofmulligansflat

Caught on camera! Our baby quolls may not have left home yet, but they are easing into childhood happily and healthily. Watch them frolic with Mum outside their den #meerkatorquoll #toocuteforcomfort

Love it. However could not get back through one of the gates to find my way back to the carpark. I think it was the daisy gate - opened one way but not the other. Not all the trails are marked on the map. Needs to be a more detailed map and I think all the gates should have their names on them to help workout where you are.

Love it. However could not get back through one of the gates to find my way back to the carpark. I think it was the daisy gate - opened one way but not the other. Not all the trails are marked on the map. Needs to be a more detailed map and I think all the gates should have their names on them to help workout where you are.