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The Currumbin Wildlife Institute 12-Month Countdown Begins

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The team at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is eagerly awaiting Spring of 2027, the estimated completion time of the Currumbin Wildlife Institute.

Construction site underway in front of Currumbin Wildlife Hospital with a group of workers on the ground
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The team at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is eagerly awaiting Spring of 2027, the estimated completion time of the Currumbin Wildlife Institute.

Hutchies have been working nonstop, and the recent installation of 146 screw piles means that the Institute has officially started taking shape and is on the way up!

This development is a game-changer, it will offer a world-class hub for native wildlife research, rehabilitation, and conservation science.

The Institute is more than a building, it is a declaration that Australia’s most vulnerable species deserve a fighting chance.

Our vision for this Institute is to establish a world leading collaborative research and training facility to help preserve native wildlife, including endangered Koalas.

The new facility will be constructed behind Currumbin Wildlife Hospital which will remain fully operational, continuing to treat, rehabilitate and release native wildlife.

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Dr Pyne, a male veterinarian sitting at a steel desk wearing green scrubs inside a wildlife hospital

“I’ve been working at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital for 25 years, and the wildlife admissions go up year after year.

The problems we see, particularly in endangered Koalas, are potentially preventable.

Currumbin Wildlife Institute will provide us with the tools we need to save the iconic Koala and many other native Australian species”.

Dr Michael Pyne OAM, Senior Veterinarian, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital

  • Diggers on a construction site on a sunny blue day in front of Currumbin Wildlife Hospital
    06.07.26 – works underway in front of Currumbin Wildlife Hospital
  • Construction site with a teal excavator digging up ground in front of Currumbin Wildlife Hospital
    30.07.26 – screw piles starting to be installed (large black poles in picture)
  • Construction site underway in front of Currumbin Wildlife Hospital with a group of workers on the ground
    31.08.26 – screw piles successfully in the ground & 12-month countdown begins

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We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the greater Yugambeh language region, the Country on which Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Hospital are situated today. We recognise their continuing connections to the land, sky, waters (waterways), and wildlife. We thank them for caring for this Country and its ecosystems.

We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and we pay our respect to Elders past and present.

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