HANSON BAY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

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Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary has been impacted by the Kangaroo Island fires. We are closed for business until further notice and are not taking any bookings.

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What happened to Hanson Bay in the bushfire? The Ravine Fire started in Flinders Chase National Park on December 20, 2019, by a dry lightning storm and burned for six weeks. Half of Kangaroo Island was burned during this time. On January 3, 2020 this fire swept through the southwestern end of Kangaroo Island that includes the Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Fire consumed many of the buildings, including the Visitors Centre, the staff accommodation, the homestead (volunteers/backpackers quarters), and the older cabins at the beach. The fire also burned much of the koala walk and the wallaby walk and across much of the grassland area.