Blackburn Lake Sanctuary
Blackburn, Victoria
Blackburn Lake Sanctuary
Playground
Free Electric BBQ
Picnic tables
Toilets
Daylight hours
Walking paths
Accessible
Visitor Centre
2-4pm Sundays
Free Electric BBQ
Playground
Picnic tables
Toilets
Daylight hours
Walking paths
Accessible
Visitor Centre
2-4pm Sundays
What's on
Park appreciation walk 13 April
Join Tony and Wendy for the inaugural 'Park Appreciation Walk' [more]
City nature challenge 25 to 28 April
Get involved in citizen science, learn and practice how to use the iNaturalist app [more]
Wildflower walk 26 April
An Autumn (Waring / Wombat Season) walk to notice our wildflowers [more]
Spotlighting 26 April
An evening of spotlighting to spot nocturnal critters [more]
Birds in the 'burbs 27 April
Hear from Dr Jacinta Humphrey about birds in the 'burbs [more]
Working bee 10 May
Join one or all of our Working Bees in 2025 as we continue the Wetland Regeneration [more]
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'.
News
Sightings around Blackburn Lake
Sightings around Blackburn Lake in January ...more
News
January 26, 2025•1 min read
Update on Wetlands Regeneration
Regeneration of the Blackburn Lake Wetlands is well underway. ...more
News
December 15, 2024•0 min read
Welcome to our new website
We have a new website! We hope you enjoy it. To receive regular updates please add your details to our contact list. ...more
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November 28, 2024•0 min read
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:
Pollution spill - Contact EPA Victoria's 24-hour hotline on 1300 372 842
Animal in trouble - Contact Wildlife Rescue Blackburn's hotline on 1300 094 737
Police - Emergency 000, or 131 444 (for when you need the police but not the sirens)
Tree down, graffiti, rubbish, or less urgent issues - Use the phone app Snap, Send Solve
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The Blackburn Lake Sanctuary is a special place that sits at the origins of the Kooyong Koot tributary.
This Country, its creatures, lands, skies and waterways, has been continuously loved and cared for by the Wurundjeri peoples for over 60,000 years. We hope to walk with the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung in caring for this place.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung as the First Peoples of this area and pay our respects to their spirits, ancestors and elders.