Thinking about Volunteering?
Crimson Finch
Mornington Sanctuary
Australian Wildlife Conservancy is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of Australia’s threatened wildlife. AWC now owns and manages 21 properties covering more than 2.5 million hectares around Australia. Volunteering provides an exciting opportunity to assist AWC’s dedicated field staff in saving Australia’s endangered wildlife.
Volunteering opportunities exist across a broad range of activities. These can range from biodiversity surveys to on-going land management work.
Select events will be advertised through the year – generally those requiring groups of volunteers, specific skill-sets or an extended commitment of time.
On-going volunteering opportunities can be arranged with individual sanctuaries where a volunteer program is currently in place.
If you are interested in volunteering, please complete a volunteer application and follow the instructions below on How to Apply. The more information you can provide about your interests, skills and timing (availability length and dates) the better chance we will have in matching you with a suitable opportunity.
How To Apply
Please complete the Volunteer Application Form and return to:
Email: volunteering@australianwildlife.org
Fax: +61 8 9380 9631
Mail: PO Box 8070, Subiaco East WA 6008
Upcoming volunteering opportunities
Select volunteer opportunities will be advertised throughout the year. We will email volunteers, with relevant skills and an interest in the sanctuary with the advertised opportunity, who have submitted a volunteer application form, but kindly request you check back on this page regularly as this is not currently an automated process.
Please note that there is generally a high demand and limited places for these opportunities, and we will do our best though we appreciate your interest and support.
Autumn in the Mallee, Scotia (March - April 2010)
A month long Working Bee at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary: Saturday 15th March to Thursday 15th April 2010
After the heat of summer and before the cold winds arrive from the interior, why not volunteer for a while at Scotia. The days will still be warm, the nights will be cooler and the night skies will be glowing. At Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary, we are proposing to have an on-going Working Bee, in an effort to prepare for the next twelve months. This will consist mainly of activities that will give Scotia a bit of a face lift including: fence removal, goat trap construction, painting, building maintenance, and clearing the track margins. Volunteers are welcome for a week or more, and will have the opportunity to see some of Australia’s rarest animals. Trade qualified volunteers always welcome. Places are limited.
Please follow How To Apply instructions – tick the box Other (specific event) and quote event code: Sc0310.
Journey to the red centre, Newhaven (June 2010 - January 2011)
Vegetation data-entry offers opportunities to enjoy some time at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary.
Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, owned and operated by AWC in conjunction with Birds Australia, offers shimmering salt lakes, pastel ochre clay plans, vibrant red parallel dunes and is home to many arid zone specialist birds such as the delicate Rufous-crowned Emu-wren, the musical Banded Whiteface and the bold Dusky Grasswren and is currently enjoying an explosion of new life with normally dry desert lakes and swamps filling after receiving over 200mm of rain.
Danae & Josef, Newhaven’s Sanctuary Managers, are seeking volunteers to assist with data-entry. Volunteers will need to have a good understanding of Excel and intermediate computer skills, and will be provided with access to a furnished self-contained transportable for the duration of their stay. As there is a generous amount of data to be entered, opportunities of varying lengths (minimum 2 weeks) between June – mid August 2010 and October 2010 to January 2011 can be organised to suit. Volunteers are also invited to intersperse the computer work by enjoying some of Newhaven’s self-guided tours.
Newhaven is considered relatively remote, and is therefore suited to volunteers who have previously travelled to Central Australia and have remote travel experience (environmental and safety considerations). Couples welcome. Note: if you would like to help out but can’t make it to Newhaven, you may also be able to assist remotely from home.
Please follow How To Apply instructions – tick the box Other (specific event) and quote event code: NHV0610
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