Rehabilitate Wallabies & Other Native Wildlife

In April, Sydney was rocked by the worst storms we have had in a decade with cyclonic winds and rain which wreaked havoc on Waratah Park and our rehabilitation enclosures.  We had multiple trees come down, fence poles snapped, shelters blown over and flooding.  Within a week of the storms passing and damage being done, we held a working bee at the park to get everything back up and running again. 

With the help of our wonderful corporate volunteers, in one day, we were able to mend the damage done by the storms.  This included:

• The fencing around the macropod enclosure was reinforced with additional posts put up.  
• Due to the high winds, the shade cloth that provides a visual barrier for the macropods needed to be replaced around the boundary fences.  
• The macropod shelters that were blown over were relocated, reinforced and reinstated.  
• Multiple trees had to be chainsawed into managable pieces and were either removed or used in the exising enclosures to replicate natural habitates.
• We set up a turtle enclosure to house a resident turtle of the park that had a cracked shell from a fallen tree during the storms.  After treatment and shell repair, it is now doing very well in it's new enclosure prior to being released.

Thanks to all the wonderful help from the volunteers, the park is now sturdier than before the storms hit.

We are working to quickly build some additional facilities so we can rehabilitate other species and give them the best chance in the wild once released like we have been able to do for the macropods. 

It's your help and donations that enable us to be able to build and maintain these facilities and for that we are extremely grateful.