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Snobs Creek

Freshwater Discovery Centre

Phone  0357 708 000        Fax   0357 742 659

Open from 11.00 am till 4.00 pm Friday to Monday,

and every day during school holidays from 10.00 am till 4.00 pm.

Open other times by appointment.

Live displays of

            Blue Tongue Lizard              Long Finned Eels             Australian Bass

          Peron Tree Frogs                  Growling Grass Frog        Long Neck Turtles

And

            Impressive Aquarium Displays

                     Trout                  Murray Cod                Golden Perch      

                     Trout Cod           Yabbies                       River Crayfish

With

          A Touch Tank so you may Tickle a Trout

Also

A Display of Preserved

Platypus                        Water Rat                                   Echidna

Long Neck Turtle            Frogs                    Yabbies and Crayfish

Endangered Species

Included in the above are two Endangered Species

                The Growling Grass Frog

                                                    The Trout Cod

The Growling Grass Frog is becoming famous for holding up the construction of the Eastern Freeway and the Scoresby Freeway through Doncaster and Mitcham in the Melbourne Suburbs.

The Trout Cod is becoming very scarce. It is a beautiful fish as you can see in the picture below, swimming peacefully in its aquarium at Snobs Creek.

Live Displays

The Freshwater Discovery Centre has live displays of the Blue Tongue Lizard, shown above, the Long Finned Eels and the Long Necked Turtle, both shown below, with information about these displayed animals.

Preserved Display

There are some magnificently preserved animals on display at the Discovery Centre, such as this beautiful platypus and the cute water rat shown above.

Above is another preserved platypus, a long necked turtle, and a variety of frogs.

Tickle a Trout in a Touch Tank

In this specially designed tank visitors to the centre may place their hands into the tank which is stocked full of teeming small trout.

The Snobs Creek Hatchery breed and grow three main types of fish, trout, Murray Cod and Golden Perch. These fish are then released into Victorian rivers and waterways.

Over 1 million fish are released each year.

There is an excellent audio visual presentation which takes less than 15 minutes to view.

Buses and group tours welcome.

Admission fees apply.

Location

Located on the Goulburn Valley Highway between Thornton and Eildon, just past the Snobs Creek Road. Look for the Sign.

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