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Holiday animal adventures

Come and embark on a wild journey at Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre these school holidays.

We’re bringing you jaws, claws, scales and tails – plus a bunch of coastal critters in an aquatic adventure like no other.

In week one enjoy extraordinary encounters with Australia’s one-of-a-kind creatures, including possums, dingoes, lizards, pythons and turtles. During week two we’re bringing the ocean to you with fish, sea snails, shark pups, sting rays and more!

No bookings necessary, visit Waurn Ponds during the holidays for an all-Aussie animal experience you won’t forget.

While you’re in the centre, we’re collecting donations of disposable gloves and hand santisers, as well as new and used towels, blankets and hand towels in support of Surfcoast Wildlife Rescue, a local volunteer run dedicated rescue service for animals of the Surfcoast and surrounds. Drop your donation in the receptacle outside Kmart for the duration of the school holidays.

Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre Aussie wildlife experiences will be running from September 18 to 28. Visit waurnpondssc.com.au for more details.

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