“I have never seen a waterfall before” – Get Outside “Music in the Park” – Mt Field. The Wildcare Get Outside Branch encourages people, newly arrived to Tasmania and from diverse communities, to learn, enjoy and spend time in our precious national parks. When inside the parks, volunteers from the Get Outside Branch share information […]
On 6th April, the Wildcare Friends of the Penguin Cradle Trail will be hosting a celebration of 40 years since the Trail’s establishment. (See calendar event here) If you have been involved, want to know more, or are generally interested in the area, then please join us to celebrate this wonderful achievement and the work done by […]
by Adrian Sullivan There were 2 big things to happen at the beginning of March. One was that we all have the best time as you can read below. The other was that we changed the constitution of Wildcare. A little about that first and then you can read for your dessert about the […]
The Get Outside leaders met on a cold Saturday to plan the next years program. It was a great reunion with Jodie Epper returning from her 15 month volunteering position in Indonesia. We discussed our aims, dreams and wants for the year. We went to Taroona beach. The Get Outside Program is set up for […]
An area at the Mount Mawson ski tow in Mount Field National Park had undergone some heavy earthworks in 2013 or early 2014 as part of slope grooming. It was then sown with alpine grass seed with some success and covered in a loose hessian. Naturally growth is slow at this 1200m altitude and animal […]
We care about Maatsuyker Island. Even if some of us never go there, we want to know that the historic buildings are being conserved, the Aboriginal heritage is acknowledged and respected, and the Island’s animals, plants and marine environment are protected. See the Friends of Maatsuyker Island Strategic Plan 2018-2021 for more information about FOMI’s vision, […]
It’s AGM time and we invite all friends to our gathering to hear about our last year’s successes, plans for the future and exciting roles on our committee. Feel free to distribute this invitation to your friends also. Its a great opportunity to come and chat and see what has happened since last you visited […]
BIG TEETH! by Janet Fenton Oh rats! I checked the Friends of Melaleuca hardware supplies at Melaleuca in January, and was surprised by fragments of orange leather. The gloves! Someone’s got busy teeth. Long-tailed mice are the prime suspects, having been the culprits for minor offences around Melaleuca on frequent occasions. This small native mammal, […]
We need help from Tassie’s Wildcare Volunteers! Recently, Tas Parks and Wildlife Service at Freycinet have had a spate of Volunteers dropping out of their summer programs due to a range of health, family and personal reasons. There is an urgent placement available on the Schouten Island program – 12 Feb to 26 Feb – […]
By Adrian Blackman, FOMF Secretary For the Friends of Mount Field (FOMF), 2018 was a year of consolidation. The major project from last year was completed; time was also devoted to more routine and ongoing tasks. Thirty days (a record annual number) were spent doing these field activities and this equates to 942 volunteer-hours of […]