Debbie Gwyther-Jones and Raymond Cordner are the owners of Musk Gully Wildlife Sanctuary, a wildlife sanctuary situated in Lancefield, Victoria. The property borders Cobaw forest and is used for wildlife rehabilitation and recreation. The owners’ future intentions are to use the property to rehabilitate kangaroos, wallabies and wombats through to release.
Musk Gully Wildlife Sanctuary spans 9.07 hectares across Eucalypt woodland, native grassland and a wetland creek area. The property is triangular in shape with both wings natural bush with the centre being semi-cleared with large eucalypts. The property provides habitat for a range of species including eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus),wallabies, bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus), short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus), possums, brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), cockatoos (Cacatua sp.), crimson rosellas (Platycercus elegans), musk lorikeets (Glossopsitta concinna), grey shrike-thrushes (Colluricincla harmonica), Pacific black ducks (Anas superciliosa), Australian wood ducks (Chenonetta jubata), little pied cormorants (Microcarbo melanoleucos), wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax), southern boobooks (Ninox boobook), tawny frogmouths (Podargus strigoides), laughing kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae), shining bronze-cuckoos (Chalcites lucidus), welcome swallows (Hirundo neoxena), ravens (Corvus sp.), currawongs (Strepera sp.), magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen), white-winged choughs (Corcorax melanorhamphos),thornbills (Acanthiza sp.), fairy-wrens (Malurus sp.), spotted pardalotes (Pardalotus sp.), eastern yellow robins (Eopsaltria australis), scarlet robins (Petroica boodang), crested shrike-tits (Falcunculus frontatus), rufous whistlers (Pachycephala rufiventris), golden whistlers (Pachycephala pectoralis), white-eared honeyeaters (Nesoptilotis leucotis), white-naped honeyeaters (Melithreptus lunatus), eastern spinebills (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), treecreepers , silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis), little corellas (Cacatua sp.), galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla) and king parrots (Alisterus scapularis).
