Animals & Experiences

Enjoy a variety of fun and interactive activities at Blackbutt Reserve along with an array of wildlife, public animal encounters, hands-on education programs for schools and school holiday programs.

Activities

Tour the wildlife exhibits, feed the emus or participate in the interactive activity.

Our Animals

Explore the wildlife exhibits, nature walks or download our informative wildlife fact sheets.

Encounters

Participate in a private reptile encounter

Education

Blackbutt offers a range of educational programs for school excursions, incursions and TAFE students.

School Holidays

Blackbutt offers a range of fun and interactive activities for the school holidays whether we visit you with an array of wildlife, or you may visit us for hands-on encounters.

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.