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

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Working bee 10 May

Join one or all of our Working Bees in 2025 as we continue the Wetland Regeneration [more]

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Park appreciation walk 18 May

Join us for a 'Park Appreciation Walk' [more]

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Working bee 31 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'.

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Lots on at Blackburn Lake

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May 08, 20254 min read

Lots on at Blackburn Lake

Sightings around Blackburn Lake

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January 26, 20251 min read

Sightings around Blackburn Lake

Update on Wetlands Regeneration

Regeneration of the Blackburn Lake Wetlands is well underway. ...more

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December 15, 20240 min read

Update on Wetlands Regeneration

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.

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