The Scenic Rim Wildlife Ecology Centre on Running Creek Road,  , is used by our regular wildlife tour guests and for educational visits and camps.

With prior notice it can also be available to self-drive travellers. It is ideally situated for those exploring the Rainforest Way, Australia's Green Cauldron or the Great Sunshine Way, or for those taking a scenic route between Brisbane and New South Wales.

It is just 90 minutes away from Brisbane, Ipswich, the Gold Coast or Lismore, or a couple of hours from Byron, making it an easy day trip with scenic driving en route. Being right next to Andrew Drynan reserve it is also perfect for campers, and there are also B&B's, self-contained cabins, farmstays, motels and hotels within 45 km.

Inside the WIldlife Information Centre:

• What is so different about Australia?  What is different about our  mammals, birds, reptiles, plants and other natural features compared to the rest of the world
  
• 500 million years overview of the geological and evolutionary history of Australia as a whole and the Scenic Rim region in particular
  
• Australia's ecosystems and habitats - marine, freshwater and land, and a sample of animals that live there
• Exploring wildlife though science, natural history and art
  
• WIldlife ecology, using local examples - what does an animal need in its daily life in order to stay alive and reproduce, effects on populations and communities
  
• Wildlife behaviour, using local examples - why animals do what they do, senses of animals
• Wildlife of the Scenic Rim - background habitat, mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, fish and invertebrates; local species, threatened species
  
• Children's corner - puzzles, games, soft toys, arts/crafts and our 'rockaroo'
  
• Library of additional information - from children's books to science journals
  

On the rest of the property:

• Butterfly walk - the foodplants for the larvae of butterflies of the five major Australian famuilies of butterfly, and information on life cycles, behaviour and ecology (note: we have no butterflies in captovoty, but plenty bring themselvrs in especially in warmer months)
• Seed dispersal walk - fleshy-fruited herbs, shrubs, vines and trees with information on the animals that dsperse them
• Other guided and self-guided walks in preparation
• Rainforest and rainforest regeneration
• A full kilometre of creek, with catfish, turtles and platypus
  
• Eucalypts with native grassy understorey
• Riparian community of sheoaks, tea-trees and other natives
• Good birdlife, also red-necked wallabies, pademelons, other mammals, reptiles and frogs

The surrounding region:

• Campground next door, and various styles of accommodation within 45 km
• Mt Chinghee National Park (seasonally dry rainforest) next door, Border Ranges NP (extensive rainforest and open forests) nearby, Lamington NP (extensive rainforest and open forests, some mountian heath) visible from but 90 minutes drive to reach main entry, Mt Barney NP (open forest, some mountain heath and rainforest) 40 minutes
• Scenic Rim generally
  
• Border Ranges region generally (also part of Rainforest Way and Australia's Green Cauldron), third highest biodiversity in Australia

 Cost

• included in cost of educational excursions or camps
• included in cost of three-day wildlife tour or weekend wildlife camp
• for day-trippers or campers not involved in the above, currently a donation of $4 per adult or $2 per child towards our habitat restoration efforts (includes guided tour of information centre and nature trails)

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