Tamar Island Wetlands offer a peaceful haven for wildlife and humans. Just a ten minute drive from Launceston’s city centre, the wetlands cover approximately 60ha of tidal and low-lying flats interspersed with channels. The island is an elevated area of 7ha where there are remnants of earlier days of occupation. There is an award winning […]
Volunteer Expressions of Interest are currently being called for the Campground Host Program at Chain of Lagoons, Conservation Area, Tasmania. The Department Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas) is calling for Expressions of Interest for Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) Volunteer Campground Hosts to be stationed at the Chain of Lagoons Conservation Area for […]
The Penguin Cradle Trail has an updated set of track notes! The 2nd edition map and notes package is the definitive guide to the long distance trail that traverses Tasmania from the coastal town of Penguin to the iconic Cradle Mountain National Park. The trail is designed for experienced bush walkers, and can be combined […]
Friends of Freycinet – Schouten Island working bee 6-15 December 2021 Shenanigans on Schouten – we were too busy. Monday December 6th saw the Schouten Shenanigans crew of 7, plus some of FoF’s esteemed older members, gather for a BBQ lunch at Freycinet and a brief FoF meeting (no official AGM this year). Afterwards the […]
FoTI’s latest working bee on Tasman Island was an outstanding success & Santa’s workshop was an innovative way to repurpose timber from Tasman Landing … That and more in FoTI’s latest newsletter. https://wildcaretas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FoTI-Newsletter-25-Dec-2021-pdf.pdf Read all about it!
When it comes to volunteering in the time of COVID, are you currently feeling like change is the only certainty? To assist our groups to navigate the changes associated with the border opening, we offer up the following, and encourage you to get in touch with the relevant support people – remember, you are not […]
by Greig Clarke, President We are a group of volunteers who maintain and improve the Penguin Cradle Trail in the North West of Tasmania. The Trail is a diverse walking track from the township of Penguin on the north coast to the iconic Cradle Mountain. We operate cooperatively with the Parks and Wildlife Service, Resource […]
The Penny Project: How Do We Protect Our Estuary Paperbark Woodlands From Coastal Erosion? Sisters Beach Wildcare, December 2021 Last July, down at Sisters Beach estuary, our President Lynn discovered that about 40 of the plants and tree guards we had put in at the Paperbark Woodland over the past two years, had been washed […]
In August 2014 the Wildcare Inc. ‘Friends of Bruny Island Quarantine Station’ group held a special ‘S. S. Oberhausen’ day to commemorate the capture and internment of the crew by our naval reservists when war with Germany was declared by England. Our group discussed how wonderful it would be if we could make contact with […]
The incredible outcomes achieved by the Wildcare family are not just thanks to the ongoing support of our on-ground volunteers, but also of our valued donors. Wildcare Tasmania operates a tax-deductible donations fund called the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund (TNCF). Through the TNCF we aim to bring together the contributions of volunteers and donors to […]