Imagine Imagine a world unpolluted with rubbish. Cannot imagine that? Well, how about a major slice of our beautiful East Coast cleaned up? I can imagine that! Apparently a lot of other people have vivid imaginations too because NRM and local councils, community organisations and businesses all up and down the east coast have […]
Cradle Mountain Working Bee. Love spending time in the great outdoors? Keen, fit and available to join us for the annual Cradle Mountain Volunteer program? This will be held between Monday 19th November to the 7th December in three week blocks and volunteers can participate in walking track & hut maintenance, installing snow poles, vegetation […]
The WILDCARE Lighthouse Stations Fund supports the care and maintenance of the lighthouse stations on Bruny Island and around Tasmania. Co-founder of the Fund, Craig Parsey grew up as a child in Lightstations around Tassie – Maatsuyker Island, Eddystone Pt, Low Head and Cape Bruny. (His first school was at Bruny). Here is the story […]
Mount Connection With two hedge trimmers in use together with hand loppers, we managed to clear 300 metres of track. Whist this was happening others used loppers and saws on bushes where needed. In one section bauera was removed and it will be quite some time before those parts will need another trim. This completes […]
In 1998, CARes- Cradle Mountain was the first WILDCARE CARes ( Community Action in Reserves) group to form within a Tasmanian National Park. Twenty years later, the WILDCARE Cradle Mountain Volunteers branch continues the strong tradition of volunteers working in partnership with PWS Cradle Mtn-Lake St Clair. The new programme of volunteer activities, planned by Wildcare Cradle Mountain Volunteers in conjunction with PWS […]
For over 16 years volunteer Mike Bowden has dedicated himself to many administration tasks for the Wildcare Headquarters on a daily basis. “I have known Mike for as long as he has volunteered for Wildcare looking after membership information. He’s always been very committed to members and helpful to staff and the stalwart of the Wildcare […]
Celebrate 20 years of volunteering on Deal Island at the Friends of Deal AGM and General Meeting to be held in Ross on Saturday 27 October. The AGM will start at 11am followed by a brief general meeting. Lunch will be byo plate to share, with lots of memorabilia in the way of photos, journals, […]
Calling out to all grandparents (or responsible adults) and grandkids to come and help celebrate Wildcare Inc’s 20th anniversary with the Tamar Island Wetlands Centre Volunteers. FREE: Discovery Ranger guided walks to Tamar Island at 10.30 am and 12.30 pm, plus art and craft activities at the centre. BYO lunch. For more information, please phone […]
The Macquarie Harbour Shoreline Clean-up Steering Committee have been nominated for the Keep Australia Beautiful Tasmania Clean Beaches Award. The 2018 Macquarie Harbour Shoreline Clean-up was an outstanding achievement and wouldn’t have been possible without the support and commitment of participating organisations and it is a great honour to be nominated for this Award. […]
With the buildings of the Darlington Probation Station having missed their “almost annual” protective lime washing last year, Senior Ranger Pete Lingard sent out the call to arms (or at least brushes) to the faithful army of volunteers to support the cause. No less than 15 volunteers, together with several PWS Staff responded, travelling over […]