Bribie Island Butterfly House

27/08/2026

26/08/2026

🦋 CLOSING EARLY TODAY 🦋

Due to the overcast weather and showers, our butterflies have decided it’s the perfect day to hide away and rest. 🌧️🦋

We’ll be closing at 11am today.

Thank you for your understanding, and we hope to see you Sunday from 9am–3pm for a beautiful day with the butterflies! 💕🌿

Bribie Island Butterfly House

19/08/2026

19/08/2026

Please have a read about one of our most valuable Volunteers, Kym Turner, written with thanks to our local journalist, Sheree. Kym is never one to make a fuss of her absolute devotion to our project and daily dedication to the Bribie Island Butterfly House. Yup! 7x days a week. Kym is our trusted Volunteer Assistant Manager. Since retiring from her paid roles and careers, she now is busy collecting food for our hungry caterpillars, helps manage the breeding laboratory, butterfly enclosure and volunteers, welcomes guests, helps manage our financials and logistics.......the list is long!

We would not operate without her. Kym is truly humble and it took some convincing to shine a little light on her awe, so be sure to say g'day and give Kym a smile, wink and a thanks when you see her next. She truly does this from the kindness of her heart. We are so grateful to operate with so many dedicated volunteers donating their time to our Bribie Island Butterfly House 🦋🙏🩵Thanks Kym🩵🙏🦋

12/08/2026

Species of the Week – Ulysses Butterfly (Papilio ulysses) 🦋

Pretty sure this stunner was the real-life muse for the 🦋 emoji!

Meet the Ulysses Butterfly (Papilio ulysses), also known as the Blue Mountain Swallowtail.

Native to Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, this rainforest beauty boasts a massive wingspan of up to 14 cm.

Their striking blue colour is thanks to microscopic wing scales that create an effect known as structural colouration.

The underside of its wings is a dull, muted brown but the moment it folds its wings, it completely disappears into the foliage like a dead leaf 🍂

"What I find remarkable about this species is how it manages to be both conspicuous and invisible; that flash of electric blue attracts mates in the forest canopy, but the moment it lands and folds its wings, it vanishes completely to hide from predators".

- Giovanni Ramon Cabrera, Collection Manager, Entomology at the Australian Museum

📷: puyalroyo/Shutterstock

12/08/2026

SAVE THE DATES for the Bribie Island Nature Festival 2026 🌿 Bookings are now live www.bribieislandnaturefestival.com.au 🌿

This is your invitation to join us on Yarun / Bribie, a place of hidden wonder, diverse wildlife, and extraordinary local talent. Whether you’re visiting for the first time or returning with fresh eyes, the festival is your chance to reconnect with yourself, with nature, and with the creative spirit that flows across the island.

Bribie Island Nature Festival is back 9–11 October, inviting you to explore the landscapes that shape us, the artists who inspire us, and the stories that connect us to Country.

Wander through our wetlands and woodlands. Experience bold new fashion from YarunYung’s young designers fresh from the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair. Laugh, learn and look closer with Geraldine Hickey’s Birding Adventures. Step inside weaving circles, nature mazes, and conversations that imagine Bribie’s future.

The website is live and tickets are now on sale. This is your year to reconnect with nature, art and community and to celebrate the remarkable island we call home.

Join us for three days of discovery, renewal and joy.

Book now: bribieislandnaturefestival.com.au
9–11 October 2026



Image credit: Darren Jew

12/08/2026

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/journey-to-home-58039310013
Click the link to book your tickets for our upcoming 'Sound Amongst the Butterflies' experience on the 19th September 2026. Be guided with Becky Tickle - Journey to Home for a deeply nourishing sound and meditation experience in the beautiful gardens of the Bribie Island Butterfly House.

There are 2x sessions: 9am & 11am for a $55 investment including admission to the butterfly house. This is an experience you will never forget. Surrender and be held by nature, sound and take time to slow down and reconnect with yourself and the magic of the butterflies.

If you would prefer to pay cash on the day, contact
Becky on 0484 526 503. Thanks and see yas there!

12/08/2026

Congratulations & happy celebrations to Glen & Kow who held their marriage ceremony at the Bribie Butterfly House.

Glen is the President of Bribie Butterfly Volunteers Inc, our local Firey and Butterfly Extraordinaire. Glen's Lepidoptera experience and knowledge is world class. He has been with us since the beginning of our project and continues to share his experience with our butterfly breeding programme. Thanks Glen and we are so happy that you have found your forever love and the perfect person to chase butterflies with.😍😍

If you would like to have your ceremony at the Bribie Butterfly House please contact us and leave your details with our Operations Manager, Peta via email: [email protected]

08/08/2026

As a Bribie Butterfly Tour Guide I am suprised how many people have not seen this living miracle of the 'Monarch Migration'. Worth a watch 🦋

In the mountains of Mexico, a spy hummingbird ventures into the hea...