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	Walkabout - Healesville
		Healesville is a flourishing tourist resort located amidst scenic countryside at the confluence of the Watts River and Grace Burn Creek, 60 km east of Melbourne and 81 metres above sea-level.
		The area around Healesville was originally occupied by the Yarra Yarra or Wurrundjeri Aboriginal group who were settled at the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reservation on Badger Creek, 5 km south of the town, from 1863.
		The Healesville Gateway Festival is held in early November in and around the township and the Honda Yarra Valley Grape Grazing Festival is held at the end of February in many vineyards around the Yarra Valley.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/VICHealesville.shtml (3206 words)

	Healesville, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Healesville is town located to the east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
		Healesville is well known for the Healesville Sanctuary - a nature park with hundreds of native Australian animals displayed in a semi-open natural setting and an active platypus breeding program.
		Much of what is now Healesville lies on the ancestral land of the Wurundjeri people, and aboriginal missions have been there in the past.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Healesville,_Victoria (243 words)

	Healesville Sanctuary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Healesville Sanctuary, or the Sir Colin MacKenzie Fauna Park, is a zoo specializing in native Australian animals.
		It is located at Healesville on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and has a history of breeding native animals.
		The Reserve passed to the Healesville Council in 1927 and became the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary in 1934.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Healesville_Sanctuary (185 words)

	Healesville Sanctuary - Zoological - Sightseeing - Only Melbourne
		The zoo is located at Healesville on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and has a history of breeding native animals; it is one of two places to have successfully bred a platypus.
		A visit to Healesville Sanctuary is a truly Australian experience and a great way to immerse yourself in the sights, scents and sounds of the Australian bush.
		In the 1930s, Healesville Sanctuary was the first organisation to successfully keep and display the species and in the 1940s hatched the first Platypus ever bred in captivity (an event that made front page news in New York and London).
	www.onlymelbourne.com.au /melbourne_details.php?id=3690 (294 words)

	Little Hills Press \| Travel Info \| VIC: Yarra Valley
		Healesville is 62km (38 miles) east of Melbourne, in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range.
		Healesville is the gateway to towering ash forests, waterfalls and fern bowers.
		Healesville does not offer a wide choice of accommodation, but here is a selection, with prices for a double room per night which should be used as a guide only.
	www.littlehills.com /travel_information/vic.yarravalley.shtml (1244 words)

	Charles Bray At Healesville Sanctuary In Victoria., Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Healesville: Carmelina Bray posing by a Kangaroo, trying to do the same position at Healesville Sanctuary, you can stroll amongst kangaroos, and see birds of prey such as the majestic Wedge-tailed Eagle fly free, meet dingoes and keepers on their daily walk and see the little cute koalas.
		Healesville: Carmelina Bray posing with her sisters in law Josephine and Mary holding grandson Jake by the pond.
		Healesville: Carmelina Bray posing by Peacocks at this genuine sanctuary, established over fifty years ago to provide care for injured and orphaned animals, some of which are then returned to the wild; those that stay join the sanctuary's programmers for education and the breeding of endangered species.
	www.mylivingtree.com /Charles/?c=28073 (647 words)

	Healesville travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Healesville is a small town at the far end of Victoria's Yarra Valley near Melbourne.
		The town is only about half an hour from the eastern suburbs by highway, and because of its proximity to the city, many people live in the area and drive into the suburbs for work.
		Although it is not directly connected to Melbourne, for public transport purposes Healesville is considered part of 'Zone Three', the outer-eastern transport zone, and it only costs a few dollars for an all-day bus ticket.
	wikitravel.org /en/Healesville (327 words)

	innsaver.com -- Destination Guides - Australasia & South ...
		HEALESVILLE is a small, pleasant town nestled in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range.
		Healesville's main attraction is the renowned Healesville Sanctuary (daily 9am-5pm; free guides 10am-3pm if booked in advance; tel 03/5957 2800, 24hr information line tel 1902/240 592 at 50¢ per minute, www.zoo.org.au ; $16.40).
		This is a genuine sanctuary, established over fifty years ago to provide care for injured and orphaned animals, some of which are then returned to the wild; those that stay join the sanctuary's programmes for education and the breeding of endangered species.
	dg.travelnow.com /index.jsp?cid=60122&action=viewLocation&locationId=38507 (649 words)

	Healesville information & attractions - Travel Victoria: accommodation, attractions, tours
		Healesville is located in Melbourne's scenic Yarra Valley, east of Yarra Glen and north-east of Lilydale.
		The commercial centre of Healesville is situated along the tree-lined boulevard of Nicholson Street, which features a large selection of speciality shops, the historic Grand Hotel, and a modern shopping complex built around the local Coles supermarket.
		Healesville is surrounded by mountains, forests and rolling hills dotted with wineries, fruit and berry farms.
	www.travelvictoria.com.au /healesville (288 words)

	Annabelle of Healesville Bed and Breakfast in the heart of the Yarra Valley
		Annabelle of Healesville Bed and Breakfast is a beautiful new Federation Home, built as a bed and breakfast combining all the charm, style and character of yesteryear with high quality new fittings and conveniences.
		Healesville is the heart of the Yarra Valley and Annabelle of Healesville B and B is close to many attractions including Wineries, Healesville Sanctuary, the home of all our unique native animals and birds, Badger Weir Picnic Ground with its wild platypus, Restaurants, Healesville Racecourse, Yarra Valley Tourist Railway and the RACV Country Club.
		Healesville is 62 k from the Melbourne GPO.
	www.annabelleofhealesville.com.au (493 words)

	Benson's Bed and Breakfast - Healesville - Yarra Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The area around Healesville was originally occupied by the Yarra Yarra or Wurrundjeri Aboriginal people who were settled at the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reservation on Badger Creek, 5 km south of the town, from 1863.
		The current population of Healesville is 5,500, plus another 1,400 at Badger Creek.
		Healesville Sanctuary is one of Australia's most popular tourist attractions.
	members.iinet.net.au /~thewinner/healesville.htm (185 words)

	Healesville Sanctuary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Healesville Sanctuary is a zoo specializing in native Australian animals.
		The zoo is located on outskirts of Melbourne Australia and has a history of breeding animals; it is the only place to successfully bred a platypus.
		The passed to the Healesville Council in 1927 became the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary in
	www.freeglossary.com /Healesville_Sanctuary (507 words)

	Healesville Sanctuary : Zoos : Melbourne : Victoria : Australia : Things to Do : Sights
		Healesville Sanctuary has more than 200 species of wildlife in 31 hectares of bushland enclosures.
		The Healesville Sanctuary can be heartily recommended as one of the top tourist places to visit in Victoria.
		Healesville Sanctuary is open every day of the year, including Christmas Day and all public holidays, from 9am to 5pm.
	www.webwombat.com.au /travel/articles/melb_healesville.htm (413 words)

	Healesville High School - Homepage
		Healesville High School is extending its learning boundaries well beyond the school fence-line.
		The Healesville Chamber of Commerce and Industry has very strong links with our students and staff through a number of quality shared programs, particularly at the VCE level.
		Healesville High School has strongly established learning links with its local primary schools that ensure a smooth learning and social transition for local students.
	www.healesvillehs.vic.edu.au (406 words)

	VIC Healesville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Healesville is the gateway to the towering ash forests, waterfalls and fern bowers of the Great Dividing Range.
		At the foot of Mount Riddell, just 4km from the township is the world famous Healesville Sanctuary, where over 200 species of native birds and animals can be seen in the natural surrounding of Australia's leading fauna park.
		Healesville's other outstanding attractions include the Maroondah Dam; and Badger, Donnelly and Graceburn Weirs, which provide beautiful bushland walks and superb picnic/barbecue facilities.
	www.allsydney.com /vic/Healesvi.htm (195 words)

	Healesville Gateway Festival
		The Healesville Gateway Festival was created in 1992 with the intention to celebrate and display the skills and talents of the Healesville community in co-operation with local artists and craft people, encouraging a wider audience for their skills and a potential market for their talents.
		It is designed to encourage the many and varied community groups to publicise their activities, forming new liaisons and creating new opportunities to access a wider community network through which to raise funds and encourage volunteer support.
		It supports the business and tourism interests of the Healesville district in their promotion of the Region, providing active custom for their undertakings within a fun Festival setting and the promotion of the performing and visual arts.
	www.vicnet.net.au /~gateway (119 words)

	Healesville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Mom starts the day with her coffee, and discovers that the free pancake breakfast that was advertised is going to be a bit delayed.
		The Healesville Sanctuary is a naturally landscaped zoo where the animals are kept as close to their natural habitat as one can maintain an animal.
		The grounds are quiet and the trail meanders in a circular walk with numerous byways.
	www.zott.com /LauriHart/healesville.htm (427 words)

	Healesville Sanctuary Animal Pictures
		Healesville Sanctuary is a short drive from the east of Melbourne.
		The fellow at Healesville is much less colourful, but will probably look brighter and fresher after shedding his skin.
		When Jen took these pictures of the egret on its nest we quite forgot that we were inside a cage with the bird.
	fay.iniminimo.com /healesville.html (1112 words)

	History of Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two new universities opened, Monash University in 1961 and La Trobe University in 1967, followed by others in the 1980s, maintaining Melbourne's place as a leader in tertiary education.
		By the end of the 20th century Melbourne had 3.8 million people, inhabiting an urban sprawl from Werribee in the south-west to Healesville in the north-east and encompassing the whole of the Mornington Peninsula and Dandenong Ranges to the south and east.
		The growth of private car use and the neglect of the rail and tram networks by successive governments necessitated a massive program of freeway building in the 1970s and 1980s, solving some problems but creating others.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Melbourne (3339 words)

	Healesville on Travelsnapz - Travel Australia for just a few clicks!
		The place is well named because, as the chatter of the school group faded off into the distance, a wonderful gentle elixiure of sound and sights envelopes you.
		I am sitting in one of the big aviaries at the Healesville Sanctuary.
		The Healesville Sanctuary, about two hours drive out of Melbourne, is a unique place where Australia's native animals live within natural bushland habitats.
	travelsnapz.tripod.com /aushealesville.html (311 words)

	Kate-Me Healesville Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		Healesville is located in the hills approx 1 hour's drive north from the centre of Melbourne city.
		Healesville is a pretty little touristic town, and just begs to be explored if you're there...and it was certainly begging me.
		It is one of my favorite towns in all Victoria (especially for its spectacular wildlife, namely lyrebirds and several species of tame parrots which can be found in the Weir Park on the outskirts of town) and secondly I hadn't visited it for 2 years.
	www.virtualtourist.com /m/318f9/1c9d68 (433 words)

	Healesville Amateur Racing Club
		A day at the Healesville picnics has a gained a reputation for being one of Victoria's great value days out.
		A comfortable sixty kilometres east of Melbourne through the renowned Yarra Valley wine district, the Healesville racecourse is shaded by beautiful elms.
		Healesville is an easy drive from the centre of Melbourne along the Maroodah Highway.
	www.healesvilleraces.com.au /aboutus.htm (172 words)

	Magazin: In Healesville Australiens Fauna...
		Neben den Exemplaren in Gefangenschaft gibt es auch in Healesville ungefähr 15 frei lebende Schnabeltiere, die nachts in den Teichen des Parks auf Jagd gehen - unbeobachtet von den Touristenströmen.
		Durch Zuchterfolge in Healesville konnte sich der Bestand verdoppeln.
		Zu den bekanntesten gehört Tarra Warra zwischen Healesville und dem Ort Yarra Glen.
	www.rhein-zeitung.de /on/05/03/16/magazin/t/rzo130721.html?a (759 words)

	Healesville Hotel - Reviews - www.theage.com.au
		Restaurants everywhere, it seems, from New York to Napa Valley, Melbourne to Mildura, are keen to show off their newfound connection to the land, the seasons and pesticide-free, fresh-off-the-farm produce.
		The dining room of the grand old Healesville Hotel, a gastro-pub with a solid reputation over several years, is a case in point.
		They and their staff run the place with the sort of easy professionalism you take for granted in town and are pleasantly surprised to find elsewhere.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Reviews/Healesville-Hotel/2005/01/31/1107020294643.html (1059 words)

	Healesville Mountain Views
		The Healesville region is renowned for it's superb wineries, tourism attractions, high profile events and award winning festivals.
		As part of the populous outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, "Healesville Mountain Views Mail" main advertisers are supermarkets, car dealerships, local council, clubs and restaurants, education facilities and the many other businesses of the region.
		The Healesville Mountain Views circulates throughout the Shires of Yarra Valley and Murrundindi.
	www.vcpa.com.au /Vic/healesville_mountain_views.html (99 words)

	Healesville Hotel - Wotif.com
		As you come into the main street of Healesville from the CBD, the Hotel is on the right hand side just past the pedestrian lights.
		Things To Do The Healesville Hotel is located in the heart of the Yarra Valley and is an excellent base for a weekend visiting the many nearby wineries.
		Healesville has many galleries, craft shops, florists and antique shops that are good for a wander.
	www.wotif.com /Hotel.jsp?hotel=12187 (552 words)

	Upwey-Tecoma Football Club (Vic)
		Second Semi-Final - Healesville 14.14.98 defeated Upwey-Tecoma 13.11.89.
		Grand Final - Healesville 14.9.93 defeated Upwey-Tecoma 9.5.59.
		Grand Final - Healesville 23.14.152 defeated Upwey-Tecoma 17.15.117.
	www.footypedia.com /00000360.htm (840 words)

	Healesville Sanctuary - A truly Australian experience
		The Sanctuary’s veterinary, research and educational programs place Healesville Sanctuary at the forefront of native Australian fauna and flora conservation.
		It is located next to the town of Healesville, 65 km from Melbourne.
		“Splash” was originally found near Healesville, and lived for a record 4 years at the Santuary, and made headlines all over the world in the 1930s.
	www.upfromaustralia.com /healsantrula.html (227 words)

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