Potoroo Palace

A worthy local business - as well as being a centre for re-homing animals and a place to volunteer. We, as a family of 4 decided to head on in whilst staying in Merimbula on holiday. At the time we had a 12 month old and a nine year old, and both of them had great fun exploring and getting to interact with some of the animals. On our visit it was just our family walking around which we loved. You can feed and pat kangaroos, emus, ducks and geese... Enough to keep young ones (perhaps aged 10 and under) occupied for a good hour or two, maybe even longer. With that said, we found BBQ facilities within the sanctuary but did not enquire, as well as a few outdoor games like ring-toss and giant checkers to stay occupied. Not all enclosures feature animals every day of the year, you need to factor in maintenance, sick animals and other reasons so hence some enclosures are empty. There quite a few birds, some that talk, some that will land on you and some that may bite so beware either way. There's a small gift shop and cafe, however the cafe wasn't open on our visit - no trouble to us. It seemed small to us at first but you realise it's a bit bigger than you think once you start wandering around. This is definately not a Taronga Zoo"

Really enjoyed our time there, you can see they really care about the animals they have their and the highlights for us was the Echidna's, Koala's and of course Chuffy was absolutely gorgeous, the way she wanted pats and company.Highly recommend a visit here if in the area.

I expect Potoroo Palace has been more glorious in the past. It's very tired now, with several empty enclosures and little didactic material. It's also expensive; $102 for two adults and two kids, including a train ride and two tiny bags of feed for the animals. Broken pavements, uneven paths; looking at animals past dilapidated wire fences. Train was noisy, polluting, short and disappointing. One word to sum it up, ‘sad’. It’s a shame. Could be so much better.

Potoroo Palace is a beautiful place. Absolutely worth the visit if you are in the area. Lots of native animals where you can get up close to them. Great place to take the kids with a lovely picnic area!

Absolute highlight of our trip. Don't miss this! Plus, it's for a good cause

Really good family activity and up close Australian animal experience

Attended on a Sunday afternoon. Staff were very friendly and service was fantastic we were treated as if we were the only patrons at the reserve. This was great as I felt like a celebrity walking around my own private zoo. The animals all looked well cared for and the grounds are all well kept, clean & tidy. The highlights included meeting the Echidnas and walking around the free range Kangaroos.

Ripped off! Wish never come back!!!! Only bats? Bird? Don't engouh!!! Never back againAll my children is not happy and complaint about this not fair of waste our money!!!!

Whilst it's an amazing opportunity to see wildlife in one place. 120 for 2 adults 2 kids. Train ride and feed was included in price. The price was pretty steep for not seeing many animals, the dingos pens were unkempt, no idea if they had dingos let alone any other animals. The bats were shivering couldn't see if there was a warm hide hole. We did have a mascot bird that followed us back. Whilst we payed a motsa and hardly saw anything we did enjoy it and the people are quite nice. The bloke that was doing the feeds was really nice and helpful. I'm glad I got to see it but not impressed by the price. Photos below are the animals we saw.