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The Big Goose

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The Big Goose

The Big Goose is a Fantastic Kids Fun Farm- Petting Zoo, Tractor Rides, Mini Golf, Adventure Playground and more. Rotunda Cafe Now Open!
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is included with your entry as are our popular Sheep Dog and Reptile Shows! We offer hands on experiences with lots of different animals including cows, donkeys, alpacas, camels, ostriches, goats and sheep. Our Red Barn is home to our baby animals, rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens. The wildlife park has kangaroos, wallabies, emus and some beautiful tame fallow deer. Get up close and personal with our friendly snakes and lizards at no extra charge. There's so much to do, so much to see! The Big Goose, It's the place to be! Enjoy lunch at our onsite café or bring a picnic
and enjoy a day of family fun for everyone. For admission prices please see our website:
www.thebiggoose.com.au

233 Mornington Tyabb Road, Moorooduc. (Entry on Stumpy Gully Road)

Only 40 mins from Melbourne via East Link and Peninsula Link!

30/08/2024

Treat your dad to a day out on the farm!
The Big Goose will open as normal all weekend 🪿 10am-4pm. Cafe will be open 10am-3.30pm with a full breakfast menu available until 12pm 🍳

29/08/2024

Farm & Cafe open all weekend including Father's Day!
Thur - Sun 10am-4pm.

07/08/2024

26/07/2024

That marks the start of our favourite season here at The Big Goose - It’s baby season! Be prepared to see plenty more of these beautiful babies!

20/07/2024

We are back! After a week off we are finally back to our term 3 hours of Thursday - Sunday 10am - 4pm.

08/07/2024

Hugh Jackman’s got nothing on our greatest showman 🦎 🐍 come on down and check out reptile shows at 12:30 and 2:30 everyday these school holidays.

05/07/2024

Time to hop on down to The Big Goose! We are open everyday 10am-4pm these school holidays!

02/07/2024

Some absolutely beautiful colours can be seen on our birds this time of year 🤩
🤔 did you know it’s the male birds that will have the bright colourful feathers? They use these beautiful feathers to attract the females. Often times they will drop their bright colourful tail feathers once the mating season is over and re-grow bigger and better ones the following year! 🤔

30/06/2024

A very proud emu dad keeping the eggs warm this winter!
Did you know it’s the male emu who sits on the eggs once the female has laid them? 🤔
We are open everyday these school holidays 10am-4pm come down and see all of our beautiful animals 😊

28/06/2024

Camel believe it’s school holidays already?! Didn’t we just have one of those 😂 starting today we are open everyday for the holidays 10am-4pm! Come on down and enjoy a fun day out full of activities, shows and of course animals!

27/06/2024

It’s offical! We are open everyday until the end of school holidays! Come on down and enjoy a day out that the whole family will enjoy!
Open 10am - 4pm

08/06/2024

We are open everyday this weekend! Come on down and celebrate everyone’s favourite birthday 🤴 (favourite because we get a long weekend 😂)

24/05/2024

🙌🏼 Put your paws up if you’re ready for the weekend!!! 🙌🏼

11/05/2024

Don’t forget it’s Mother’s Day tomorrow! Why not treat mum to a family day out that everyone will enjoy 😊 we are open 10-4 tomorrow 🌺

21/04/2024

We are back to our term 2 opening hours: Thursday - Sunday 10am-4pm …except for this Thursday - we will be closed ANZAC day.

14/04/2024

After an amazing school holidays and a busy Easter weekend we will be closed for the next few days to catch up on the maintenance jobs around the farm. But don’t worry we will be back on the weekend!

07/04/2024

There’s still one more week of school holidays fun to go! We are open everyday until Sunday the 14th of April. Be sure to get out of the house and enjoy some fun before the winter cold sets in!!

04/04/2024

Be sure to get out and enjoy the sun while it’s shining! The big goose is open everyday for the school holidays!

02/04/2024

Easter weekend might be over but the fun doesn’t stop there! We are open everyday over the school holidays so come on down, meet some animals, play, explore and enjoy!

28/03/2024

The Easter fun starts tomorrow!! And this year we will be hiding a very special golden egg!
Around the farm each day the Easter bunny will be hiding 10 golden eggs find one of these eggs and win a soft toy 🧸 But there will also be 1 giant gold egg (laid by one of our very own ostriches) only 1 for the whole weekend will be hidden. If you’re lucky enough to find this egg you will win a family annual pass (valued at $300!!!)
Hop on down to the big goose for an eggcelent weekend 🐰

22/03/2024

It’s officially 1 week until our Easter eggtravaganza weekend begins! We hope everyone is just as excited as we are for this event!! 🐰
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Have you got your tickets yet?
Pre - Booked tickets are essential this weekend. Once we have booked out there will be no ticket sales at the gate.

29/02/2024

Guess what’s coming back this Easter?! It’s our very popular Easter scramble! We hope you guys are as excited as we are for this event!
Be sure to book your tickets early as this event is expected to sell out!

21/02/2024

It’s looking like a hot one tomorrow! For the safety of staff, patrons and animals we will be closed for the day. Stay cool, stay safe and we will see you all on Friday 😎

28/01/2024

After another amazing school holidays we will be closed during the week to give our animals a little rest and to catch up on some of those maintenance jobs around the farm!
Not to worry though we will be back up and running from Saturday the 3rd of February!

25/01/2024

What better way to spend a long weekend than getting up close and personal with some of Australia’s iconic animals!
We are open all long weekend 10am-4pm! Tickets available at the gate

Address

233 Mornington-Tyabb Road, Entry On Stumpy Gully Road
Moorooduc, VIC
3933

Opening Hours

Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+61459911549

Website

http://www.thebiggoose.com.au/

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To celebrate our first ever Emu babies, 'Bert & Ernie', we have limited edition Emu baby stuffed animals! Available only at the Big Goose cafe until sold out.

Sometimes emus need a little love too. #farmlife #biggoose #emu #australiananimals #nativeanimals #emus #friendlyanimals #unlikelyanimalfriends

Our babies are growing up so fast! Come and visit us this weekend to bottle feed our newest calf 🐄 🖤 . #calves #cowsofinstagram #cows #farmlife #morningtonpeninsula #babyfarmanimals #babyanimals

Our new Emu chicks are settling in nicely. Come and give them a visit @thebiggoose_ Open 10-4pm Thursday - Sunday.

These two were spotted sneaking into the big goose without paying this morning - if anyone has any information about them please contact crime stoppers 😂 #freerangepigs #exporing #babyanimals

60 acres of outdoor fun! The big goose is open everyday these school holidays so come on down and enjoy some fresh air and plenty of fun

When the foods so good you decide to cover yourself in it 😂

The dingoes are enjoying their new playground 🐕 😁 - - - #thebiggoose #funfarm #adventurepark #wildlifepark #theplacetobe #morningtonpeninsula #thingstodowithkids #melbourne #adventures #fun #comeandplay #dingo #wilddog #ausraliannative

You’ve got to watch your steps here at the big goose haha 😂 🐑 - - #thebiggoose #funfarm #adventurepark #wildlifepark #theplacetobe #morningtonpeninsula #thingstodowithkids #melbourne #adventures #fun #comeandplay #lamb #spring #babyanimals

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Our Story

The Big Goose is fast becoming the most popular children's attraction on the Mornington Peninsula situated in Moorooduc only 800m from Peninsula Link. More than just an animal farm The Big Goose combines old fashioned farm experiences with the fun of an adventure park! With a huge undercover playground for all ages, giant jumping pillow, wildlife park and mini golf you'll spend the whole day. A tractor ride is included with your entry as are our popular Sheep Dog and Reptile Shows! We offer hands on experiences with lots of different animals including cows, donkeys, alpacas, camels, ostriches, goats and sheep. Our Red Barn is home to our baby animals, rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens. The wildlife park has over 60 kangaroos, wallabies, emus and some beautiful tame fallow deer. Get up close and personal with our friendly snakes and lizards at no extra charge. There's so much to do, so much to see! The Big Goose, It's the place to be! Enjoy lunch at our onsite cafe or bring a picnic and enjoy a day of family fun for everyone.

Rotunda Cafe NOW OPEN! Serving great coffee and food all day. *Please note cafe is limited to Big Goose customers only, there is no public access to our cafe.

For admission prices please see our website: www.thebiggoose.com.au 233 Mornington Tyabb Road, Moorooduc. (Entry on Stumpy Gully Road) Only 40 mins from Melbourne via East Link and Peninsula Link!