Gunns Plains is a small town located 20 km south of Ulverstone on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.

[citation needed] The town was named after botanist Ronald Campbell Gunn, who discovered the valley in 1860.

[4] The Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service administers Gunns Plains Cave, which is open to the public with daily tours.

An attraction in the area is the 'Wing's Wildlife Park' which has local animals such as Tasmanian devils, quolls, koalas, wombats, echidnas, bandicoots, possums, squirrel gliders and many macropods (kangaroos, wallabies, bettongs); as well as animals from overseas including bison, water buffalo, camel, donkey, deer, capybaras, meerkats and capuchin, macaque and marmoset monkeys.

Additionally number of other animals including birds and reptiles such as ostrich, emu, eagles, falcons, owls, cockatoos, snakes and lizards.