Barrabup Sanctuary

Background: Barrabup Sanctuary started life in the seventies when Glenn Orley purchased the property as a family home hideaway, He soon had the idea to share the peace and tranquility with other like minded people and developed the first camping ground. With small groups of visitors Glenn & Steven were conducting botanical and fauna walks around the sanctuary. There are a number of recorded species of native orchid with most flowering in september, but some are being seen all year around. The property has a particular high occurrence of native Flora and Fauna, possibly due to her fire history and bird life abounds. In the nineties Barrabup Sanctuary was reborn as a private Eco camp-ground and has involved into a friendly and welcoming sight that it is today. Nowadays Barrabup has introduced two Eco huts and with further developments of the camp-grounds. Barrabup Sanctuary is being developed as an open Zoo, park and arboretum, with plans for the complete eradication and exclusion of cats, dogs and foxes with the gradual re-establishment of the original native Flora and Fauna. Barrabup Sanctuary is 32 Hectares of mainly Jarrah, Marri, Blackbud, Banksia and Rivergum with frontage at the beautiful Blackwood river. Both campgrounds at Barrabup are available by request for private use. The Eco friendly huts are very comfortable with all the facilities for a pleasant stay. How the huts are situated provide the visitor a private atmosphere in the forrest at the river. The Sanctuary grounds are run by Glenn Orley and he can be contacted any time and is happy to answer any questions about Barrabup Sanctuary.