What's on
Park Appreciation Walk - 15 November
Join us for a 'Park Appreciation Walk' around the Sanctuary. We will meet at the Visitors Centre.
Twilight Working Bee, Supper and thank you to Geoff Deason - 26 November
Our final working bee for 2026 is our Twilight Working bee. Followed by a shared supper in the Visitor Centre Courtyard. Not only are we celebrating a great year of working bees but……..We’re also saying farewell to our beloved Geoff Deason who is retiring from over 55 years of bird observations at Blackburn Lake. And thank him for recording those valuable sightings for us. Come along to work or just come for the supper. We would love as many of our Friends of BLS to come along.
Walking map (PDF)
About the Sanctuary
The Country of which the Sanctuary is a part, its creatures, lands, skies and waterways, has been continuously loved and cared for by the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples for over 60,000 years.
After European settlement, the Sanctuary was variously a place for picnics, a home and flower farm operated by the 'Adult Deaf and Dumb Society', and public open space.
In the 1960s a group of residents feared the loss of this environment and lobbied for the lake and its surrounds to be developed into a Sanctuary.
Today we are tremendously grateful to the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung, and generations of local residents, who work to ensure the Sanctuary remains a place we can all enjoy and nurture. If you'd like to keep across regular Sanctuary news, please subscribe to our News. To find out how you too can help care for the Sanctuary, see the links under 'Get Involved'.
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How you can care for the Sanctuary
The people of the City of Whitehorse and every visitor to the Sanctuary play a vital role in caring for it. Below is essential contact information should you notice something amiss during your visit:
Contact EPA Victoria's 24-hour hotline on 1300 372 842
Contact Wildlife Rescue Blackburn's hotline on 1300 094 737
Use the phone app Snap, Send Solve