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Magpies the latest attraction at Healesville Sanctuary
18 February 2013
Senior coaches Nathan Buckley and Ben Hart receive a cuddle from Lily the wombat.
Kangaroos, hawks, eagles - and now Magpies.
Healesville Sanctuary welcomed members from the Collingwood Football Club as part of the club's tour of the Yarra Valley.
Senior players Scott Pendlebury and Dale Thomas, and senior coaches Nathan Buckley, Robert Harvey, Ben Hart and Matthew Lappin enjoyed close encounters with native wildlife at the Sanctuary.
Collingwood players will be making appearances at local schools, football and netball clubs and will take part in a community Auskick Superclinic.
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