Its amazing how sometimes things happen. A simple request on a personal Facebook page for some camping equipment for the Get Outside Project resulted in 4 tents, 7 sleeping bags, beanies, polar fleeces and warm socks. Now the branch has lots of extra equipment that we can use on the bush walks and trips scheduled […]
Friends of Freycinet A Wildcare Inc. Group June jam Packed Jolly 15-21 June 2015 This event has something for everyone. Weeding, rubbish collecting, painting, track maintenance, repairs to infrastructure, you name it, you may be doing it. We will be based at PWS quarters at Freycinet and may roam far and wide, Friendly Beaches, Bicheno […]
WORKING BEE Schouten Island. 24 February to 10 March 2015 This work bee has been designed to fit within the Campground host Program 2 week timeslots. As a result we will be there for 2 weeks. We will not be flat out working for the whole period, and may do whatever is required of us […]
FRIENDS OF FREYCINET A Wildcare Inc. Group Annual General Meeting The AGM will be held on Monday 23d February in the Conference room at the Freycinet Visitors Centre, Coles Bay, at 3pm. This is timed to coincide with the meeting of the working bee group held prior to their embarkation for Schouten Island the next […]
Friends of Mount Field The regular January working bee was impacted by poor weather and the planned activities postponed, however some smaller tasks that had been waiting for a few months were able to be done. There was light snow on the mountain tops as we headed to Lake Seal to add the missing boardwalk […]
The Wildcare Annual General Meeting wil be held on 28th March 2015. The Annual General Meeting will be held at 10.00am on Saturday 28th March 2015 at “The Grange” 4 Commonwealth Lane, Campbell Town TAS 7210 RSVP: office@wildcaretas.org.au Please click here for more information and the voting slip and Agenda. All members are most welcome […]
The Get Outside season started first night with wild and wet weather but that did not deter 19 people from enjoying the evening together. Ranger Richard talked to us about birds, Jodie cooked up a great dinner and participants went for a walk around the reserve. Thanks to our volunteers who turned up on the […]
11th Australian Wooden Boat Festival Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th & Monday 9th February 2015 Wildcare groups, the Friends of Deal, Maatsuyker and Tasman Islands, will be on the Hobart waterfront for the three days of this spectacular gathering of all things nautical. On show will be displays of the history of these remote islands as […]
Fancy a job as a caretaker at Bruny Island Quarantine Station? You are in luck, as applications have just opened for the coming season from April through to October 2015. Volunteer Caretakers will provide a physical presence at the Quarantine Station, open the Station to visitors on weekends (closed Monday to Friday), provide visitor information […]
Tuesday 6 January 2015 A Wellington Park Bushcare event Although we have done quite a number of track work sessions with PWS this is probably the first time that our normal working bee has been used for that purpose. One of our biggest turnouts resulted, so track work was not an unpopular change. Three PWS […]