Friends of Freycinet – 3 days in the life of a Working Bee

Friends of Freycinet

OPPORTUNITIES IN OCTOBER WORKING BEE (10-12TH) Another productive and enjoyable volunteer working bee with Freycinet National Park staff. DAY 1 Volunteers (Ian, Joan, Don, Lee, Lorraine, Mal, Rob, Peter, Ross, Ros and John), met at the Parks workshop at 10:30am where we enjoyed a delicious morning tea with Parks staff, provided by Fee and others. […]

Interested in leaping into a new role?

If you are looking to leap into a new volunteering role this could be the one for you! Seeking EOI’s – Wildcare’s Grant Assessment Committee Are you looking for a professional volunteer opportunity to make a genuine contribution to the care of Tasmania’s wild places? Do you have knowledge in nature and conservation? Expressions of […]

When ‘planking’ doesn’t mean lying down on the job!

Friends of Mt Field

Friends of Mt Field’s K Col Project – this video takes you there. In this case, ‘planking’ doesn’t mean lying down on the job! With the support of a Tasmanian Community Fund Grant, Friends of Mt Field have worked hard in conjunction with the Parks and Wildlife Service and contractors, to protect alpine vegetation along […]

Connect Up at Cradle-Information and Training Day

Wildcare Cradle Mountain has made a strong comeback to volunteering at Cradle Mountain following the covid break, with 53 volunteers clocking up 1200 hours in the past year.  One thing that has been missing on the WCMV events calendar has been the chance to physically come together in larger numbers, but it is now possible to […]

A lemonade stand for Tassie Devils!

We were recently delighted at Wildcare, when a donation came into the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund with the note: “All proceeds from our court lemonade stand.” We had to find out more … here is the story shared by Clare Rawson. “Inspired by the one day of sunny weather in Gippsland and last day of […]

Keeping the larapuna coast (and ourselves) healthy

There are 27,500 less sea spurge plants on the larapuna coast after the larapuna Community Weekend held in mid-August this year. More than seventy walkers hunted out sea spurge and marine debris while enjoying 38km this magnificent coast on four walks over three days. The annual event covers the coast from wukalina / Mt William […]