Go under the cover of darkness and meet one of our cutest marsupials, the native Australian Bilby!
Our brand-new Bilby Discovery Centre is a unique and exciting way for you to come nose-to-nose with our beautiful Bilbies. This state-of-the-art facility features a variety of interactive elements that allow you to truly step into the world of Bilbies in a thriving nocturnal desert experience.
One little marsupial, so much to discover!
Funding update
The Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation has provided $27,000 of crucial funding to the Save the Bilby Fund. These funds will go towards continued scientific data collection and analysis of Bilby populations within Currawinya National Park, the purchase of a trailer for quad bike transportation for the monitoring and control of feral animal inclusions, and the purchase of a thermal scope also for monitoring along the Bilby fence.
The Greater Bilby is a nocturnal, omnivorous marsupial once native to around 70% of mainland Australia. Due to habitat destruction and the introduction of invasive species like cats and foxes, Bilbies are now found in only 10% of their original natural habitat.
Our Bilby Discovery Centre offers you a rare opportunity to come face-to-face with one of our rare, native Bilbies. This is an immersive experience with opportunities for kids to climb into our viewing dome and come nose-to-nose with one of our Bilbies!
Bilbies are expert burrowers, digging up and turning over approximately 20 tonnes of sand each year to create their burrows, which can reach lengths of up to 3 metres and be as deep as 2 metres underground. It’s in these burrows that Bilbies shelter from predators during the day while they sleep, before coming out at night to forage for food.
But our state-of-heart habitat facility gives you an opportunity to see these amazing creatures in their natural desert environment, without even having to turn the lights on!
Did you know that in Queensland the Bilby is regarded as Endangered, with as few as 500 Bilbies found naturally in the wild? As their population continues to decrease due to introduced predators like cats and foxes, as well as competition from introduced species like rabbits, the battle to save the Bilby is more important than ever.
Join us at the Bilby Discovery Centre every day at 2:45 pm to learn about these fascinating native Australian animals and find out you can help us to save them.
They may be small, but our bilbies have BIG personalities! Get to know our beautiful bilbies before meeting them at our new Bilby Discovery Centre.
Sweet Tillie is the smallest of our Bilbies, and was born right here at Dreamworld in 2018 as one of a set of triplets. She has a gentle nature and enjoys following her keepers around as they clean. Tillie has played a key role in the breeding program as a mother to a set of triplets of her own born here in 2020.
Pascal is the newest member of Dreamworld’s Bilby family, arriving from Victoria in late 2022 to participate in our breeding program. He is also the largest of our Bilby family and is easily distinguished from the others by his dark markings. Pascal is a very relaxed boy and enjoys sleeping in unusual positions anywhere he pleases in his home.
Arlan is the gentle giant of our Bilby family, born here at Dreamworld in 2020 to mum Tillie and dad Reidy, he has a lovely calm nature, and enjoys attention from his keepers. He has played an important role in representing his species over the years as an ambassador.
Our oldest Bilby in the family, Tallulah is a fiery girl who loves her food. She has a lot of personality for her tiny body, and although she is now too old to breed, she has done amazing work for her species, producing a number of joeys that have gone on to play a vital role in the Bilby breeding program. In her retirement, Tallulah loves nothing more than snuggling up in a den with one of the boys for a nap.
Beautiful Reidy was born at the Charleville Bilby Experience run by the Save the Bilby Fund in 2018 and joined us here at Dreamworld to participate in the Bilby breeding program. Reidy’s contribution to this program has been incredibly valuable, and two of his offspring still call Dreamworld home today! He is the father of Arlan and Kallista.
Little Kallista is as cute as she is loving! She has an incredibly gentle nature and enjoys the company of her keepers almost as much as she enjoys a good snack like mealworms or crickets. Kallista has worked as an ambassador for her species over the last few years, joining our keepers for talks and interactions with our guests to spread the Bilby love and raise awareness for her species.
Daily Bilby Talk
Join our passionate keepers as they share some interesting facts about our bilbies, introduce you to Dreamworld's bilby gang and talk about how we can help to save the bilbies
Daily Bilby Talk | 2:45pm every day | Bilby Discovery Centre
Our Bilby Discovery Centre is also home to some very special Australian native wildlife who are just as fascinating and charming as our beautiful bilbies!
As the name suggests, these pythons feature unique scales with a ridge along the middle that creates the rough, sandpaper feel. They are one of the rarest snakes in Australia, with very little known about their habits in the wild.
Also known as the Splendid Tree Frog, these large and beautiful frogs are a vibrant green with white and yellow spots, and can grow up to 11cm long. They feature the largest poison gland of any Australian amphibian, which is located on the back of their head.
These tiny little dasyurids might look like rodents, but they are marsupials belonging to the same family as the Tasmanian Devil. As the name suggests, they have thick carrot-shaped tails that store body fat.
Ground dwelling python with a distinct black head and stripes down it’s body. One of very few python species that lack thermal receptive ‘heat sensing’ pits on the face, likely due to their tendency to feed on other ‘cold-blooded’ creatures.
We all have a shared responsibility to help save our bilbies. Even from the comfort of our own homes, there are ways we can help Bilbies in the wild.
You can adopt a bilby through the Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation to help raise funds for bilby conservation, or you can make a donation directly to organisations like DWF and Save the Bilby Fund.
Each year at Easter we encourage all Australians to embrace the Easter Bilby, not bunny, in order to raise awareness for the species and help make the Bilby more well known in our homes. Australians can buy Easter Bilby chocolates at this time of year, with a portion of proceeds going to Bilby conservation.
With feral cats responsible for the significant decline in wild Bilby numbers, we encourage all members of the public to take the pledge to be a safe and responsible pet owner to not only ensure the safety of our beloved pet cats, but the safety of hundreds of native wildlife that would otherwise be preyed upon by free roaming cats.