The name nguwing nura is from Sydney First Language and means 'Night Country'.

Journey from day to night as you enter our new Nocturnal Habitat to discover some of our most iconic night-loving Australian wildlife including Spinifex Hopping Mice, Fat-tailed Dunnarts, Ghost Bats, Chuditch (Western Quoll), Rufous Bettong, Greater Bilby, Short-beaked Echidna, Long-beaked Echidna and the Yellow-bellied Glider.

Guests will be instantly transported to the deserts of Central and Western Australia or the bushland along the East Coast of Australia where they will come eye-to-eye with lesser-known species such as the Greater Bilby and Chuditch.   

nguwing nura – Nocturnal Country completes the Nura Diya Australia experience, which aims to educate and inspire local guests to care and protect wildlife found in their very backyard.  

Residents in the nguwing nura habitat include Platypus, Spinifex Hopping Mice, Potoroo, Yellow-bellied Glider, Ghost Bats and Bilbies.

Evelyn - 8 years old 

"I visited the nocturnal country section where you will see the amazement of night time animals like for example the wonderful platypus. It is such a wonderful place I could not take my eyes off any of it. The enclosures were so realistic that if you closed then opened your eyes you would think you were really there!"