Name: Easter at the zoo 2025
Start: 2025-04-18T09:30:00+09:30
End: 2025-04-21T17:00:00+09:30

As a conservation charity, every visit, adoption, donation and ticket helps save species from extinction

We’re open all Easter weekend, including public holidays!

Friday 18 April – Monday 21 April

Bounce in with family, friends, or someone special to help us celebrate Australia’s very own native ‘Easter Bunny’ – the adorable yet endangered Greater Bilby!

This little marsupial is a symbol of hope for native wildlife, and here at Zoos SA, we’re working hard to protect this bouncing bandicoot from extinction.

Come along to spend the weekend surrounded by wildlife, vote in the Bilby EGG-stravaganza online competition, collect your free bilby chocolate, and get creative with some Easter crafts.

Easter Crafts Workshop

10:00am – 3:00pm @ Sir Thomas Elder Rotunda

Join us for a fun-filled Arts & Crafts workshop, where kids can create their own Bilby ears headband or paint plaster Easter eggs.

Bilby Keeper Talks

Bilby Keeper Talks – 11:30am and 2:30pm Daily.

Join our passionate keepers for an exciting Bilby Keeper Talk at the Nocturnal House and discover all about the lovable, long-eared marsupial!

Colouring in Comp!

Colour to win!

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Melba’s Chocolates to offer two little artists (aged 12 and under) the chance to win a Lions 360 Family Experience and a 775g Easter Bilby Hamper. Download the colouring page and follow the instructions to enter.

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Vote for your favourite egg and win!

Celebrate Easter by honouring Australia’s beloved native, the Greater Bilby! Four artistic Bilbies (Hallie, Jantaju and the two joeys) have each painted their own Easter egg and now it’s your turn to join in the fun!

Simply vote for your favourite egg in the Bilby EGG-stravaganza online voting competition and you’ll go into the draw to win a Melba’s Deluxe Hamper Box and an Adelaide Zoo Family Pass! Don’t miss your chance to crack open a fantastic prize. Entries close at midnight on 21 April 2025.

Vote now

Bilby conservation

Greater Bilby populations have been devastated by predators like feral cats and foxes with less than 10,000 estimated to remain in the wild.

Zoos SA initiated a breeding program in 1994 for Greater Bilbies and have bred more than 200 individuals. These bilbies have remained at Adelaide Zoo or Monarto Safari Park to continue the program, or have joined over 90 released back into the wild as part of vital recovery projects.

Help ensure these lovable long-eared marsupials have a bright future by adopting a bilby today, or purchase a delicious Melba’s Chocolate Bilby from the Zoo Shop with part proceeds supporting conversation.

Adopt now