Wildcare Tasmania

Wildcare Tasmania Environmental volunteer group in Tasmania - caring for wild places, wildlife and cultural heritage. Want to get involved?

WILDCARE Tasmania is a not for profit organisation caring for wild places, wildlife and cultural heritage in Tasmania. We have a membership of 6000 people and 60 volunteering groups working in amazing places around Tasmania. We volunteer in close partnership with government agencies who have responsibility for managing our environment as well as with local government and private landowners. We do

everything - including plant trees, remove weeds, eradicate feral animals, build walking tracks, care for wildlife, undertake wildlife and plant surveys and research, caretake islands, educate visitors, the community and school students. We help others to experience and understand and care for our natural and cultural heritage. Join us on-line at www.wildcaretas.org.au . We welcome sponsorship and donations to support our conservation projects and programs.

We're already a week into winter... can you believe it? While the weather might be cooling down, our Wildcare groups hav...
08/06/2026

We're already a week into winter... can you believe it?

While the weather might be cooling down, our Wildcare groups have plenty of activities and working bees coming up this month, and we'd love you to get involved!

Friends of the Orange-bellied Parrot will be out fundraising at:
🦜 Howrah Market – Sunday 14 June
🦜 Long Beach Market, Sandy Bay – Sunday 28 June

The team will be selling a range of Orange-bellied Parrot-themed merchandise including tea towels, tote bags, mugs, lapel pins, necklaces, coasters and more. They'll also have items available from Friends of Melaleuca and Friends of Deal Island. Drop by for a chat, pick up a gift and support some great conservation projects.

🐧 Friends of Lillico Penguins are holding a working bee at Lillico Beach on Sunday 14 June. It's just a two-hour commitment and a great opportunity to get some work done while the penguins are keeping a low profile! All members are welcome, be sure to register via our website.

🥾 Friends of the Penguin Cradle Trail have their next working bee on Saturday 20 June at a mystery destination! Meet at Ulverstone Wharf and bring your lunch and water. The group will provide tools, safety gear and morning tea. Jump online to register.

🌿 On Sunday 21 June, join the Friends of Tamar Island Wetlands Reserve for an afternoon working bee focused on removing blackberry and boxthorn and preparing the site for native seedling planting later in the year. Afternoon tea will be provided to finish off the day.

Wildcare members, these events are a fantastic opportunity to connect with volunteers from other groups, explore different conservation projects and make a real difference for Tasmania's wild places.

Not a Wildcare member yet? Consider this your invitation to join us and get involved. Find out more and register for upcoming activities here: https://wildcaretas.org.au/events



📷 Friends of Tamar Island Wetlands Reserve

This week is National Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June), and for us at Wildcare Tasmania it's an important reminder ...
02/06/2026

This week is National Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June), and for us at Wildcare Tasmania it's an important reminder to reflect on something that sits at the heart of our work every day.

We acknowledge the Palawa people as the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways on which we work and live in Lutruwita/Tasmania. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal peoples today.

As a nature conservation organisation, we know that the environmental health we enjoy here is not accidental. It is the legacy of tens of thousands of years of Palawa custodianship, reflecting rich ecological knowledge attained through close relationship with Country. That knowledge has so much to teach us, and we don't take it for granted. Reconciliation is more than a week on the calendar. It’s about respectful partnerships, inclusive practices, and a commitment to working alongside Aboriginal Communities to honour and promote this heritage.

To our members and followers who share in this love of Lutruwita/Tasmania's wild places and spirit of reconciliation, thank you for being part of a community that cares for our environment and respects the Palawa peoples' interconnectedness with it.

📷 Kunanyi Boulder Fields, Brodie Emery

If you haven't started knitting your beanies for the Friends of Tasman Island - Wildcare Inc fundraising, now is the tim...
01/06/2026

If you haven't started knitting your beanies for the Friends of Tasman Island - Wildcare Inc fundraising, now is the time!

And they've even provided a pattern to get you started. These beanies will be sold as a major fundraiser at the Wooden Boat Festival in February, so let's see how many we can get completed over the coming months. 🐾

Well done to our hardworking team from Friends of Mount Field who recently completed track repairs on the boardwalk, sta...
31/05/2026

Well done to our hardworking team from Friends of Mount Field who recently completed track repairs on the boardwalk, stairs and two bridges that take visitors into Lady Barron Falls.

They've shared some fantastic photos from the working bee - head to the link below to see the team in action!

Our Wildcare members are volunteering right across Tasmania - caring for wild places, protecting and monitoring native wildlife, preserving cultural heritage, and maintaining visitor facilities in national parks and reserves.

🔸Would you like to join us? For one Wildcare membership you can be part of as many groups as you like. We have over 50 groups, so there are plenty to choose from!

Head to the website to find out more and join us in making a positive impact for Tasmania.

https://wildcaretas.org.au/news/track-repairs-at-lady-barron-falls

These photos are magic - thanks for sharing Wildcare Cradle Mountain Volunteers! And thanks for all your hard work and c...
30/05/2026

These photos are magic - thanks for sharing Wildcare Cradle Mountain Volunteers! And thanks for all your hard work and care for this iconic Tasmanian national park. 🐾

A photo history of the Head Keepers House, Quarters No1 at the Tasman Island Light Station, 1906 to 2026. If you follow ...
30/05/2026

A photo history of the Head Keepers House, Quarters No1 at the Tasman Island Light Station, 1906 to 2026.

If you follow our Friends of Tasman Island - Wildcare Inc you'll have seen some incredible photos shared over the past week. If you're not already following them, now would be a great time to start. Just have a look at these images!

Thanks for sharing team, it's wonderful to see the changes - and also what hasn't changed - over the years. And well done on all your hard work to maintain and care for the lighthouse, the buildings, and the whole island. 🐾

What a week! As National Volunteer Week 2026 draws to a close, we’re giving a big shout out to all our incredible Wildca...
24/05/2026

What a week! As National Volunteer Week 2026 draws to a close, we’re giving a big shout out to all our incredible Wildcare volunteers. 🙌

Throughout the past week we have shared the stories of just a handful of our volunteers, and every story has made us feel proud and grateful. But for every story we shared, there are dozens more just like it. People who show up, month after month, year after year, because they love our island and everything that lives on it.

Wildcare has over 50 active groups and nearly 50,000 volunteer hours in 2025. $2.4 million worth of work given freely, from the heart as well as hands. That's not just volunteering: that's a movement.

Behind every w**d pulled, every nest box checked, every track repaired, every grant assessed, there's a Wildcare member volunteering their time. And together, they are making a real and lasting difference to Tasmania's wild places, native wildlife and cultural heritage.

To our Wildcare volunteers, thank you. We appreciate you more than we can say. You’re not just members of Wildcare, you ARE Wildcare.

Do you want to be part of it? If you’ve been reading along this week and thought "I'd love to do something like that" then we'd love to have you. Joining Wildcare Tasmania means becoming part of a community of people who care deeply about this place we're lucky enough to call home. You'll connect with great people, experience new parts of Tasmania, and know that your time and energy is genuinely making an impact.

It doesn’t matter whether you're a seasoned conservationist or someone who just wants to get outside and do some good, there's a place for you in Wildcare. Find out more now. https://wildcaretas.org.au/news/nvw2026
Here's to all our member volunteers, past, present and future. 🐾

Volunteers in the Spotlight: Anne & Peter Booth 🌟Anne and Peter’s Wildcare story reminds us that conservation success is...
23/05/2026

Volunteers in the Spotlight: Anne & Peter Booth 🌟

Anne and Peter’s Wildcare story reminds us that conservation success is often built over many years, through consistent effort, local knowledge, strong partnerships and deep care for place.

Anne has volunteered with Friends of Maria Island since 2005, becoming President when the group joined Wildcare Tasmania. Since then, Anne and Peter have helped lead one of Wildcare’s great examples of long-term, practical and hands-on conservation.

For more than 20 years, Friends of Maria Island has worked in partnership with Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service to manage major w**d threats on Maria Island, including sea spurge, Canary broom and Spanish heath. Their work has involved detailed w**d mapping, regular monitoring, grant-funded control programs, remote field trips, and years of careful follow-up.

The results speak to the value of persistence. Areas once affected by invasive w**ds are now seeing strong native regeneration, with some sites well on the way to eradication. The remote Spanish heath infestation near Haunted Bay, once unsuitable for commercial control, is now effectively clear thanks to volunteer effort, PWS support, and sustained follow-up.

Peter’s contribution has been central to this work, from sea spurge control and w**d mapping to policy input, trip planning support, problem-solving, proofreading, and looking after the group during working bees.

Thank you, Anne and Peter. Maria Island is wilder and healthier because of your outstanding contribution. 🐾

If this story has inspired you, we invite you to get involved: become a Wildcare member or make a donation, either way you’ll be helping make a real difference to Tasmania’s wild places, wildlife and cultural heritage. Head to our website to find out more. https://wildcaretas.org.au

22/05/2026

Today is International Day of Biological Diversity, and we're taking the opportunity to share a bit about the places and species our volunteers work so hard to protect.

This year's theme is 'Acting locally for global impact'. From threatened plants to endangered seabirds to fragile World Heritage ecosystems, Wildcare groups across Tasmania show what this looks like in practice - last year our members contributed 49,825 volunteer hours, including 21,616 hours of on-ground conservation work. 🌟

Here are a few examples:

🔸 Orange-bellied parrot recovery: our Friends of OBP carry out important monitoring of one of Australia's most critically endangered birds, directly supporting the National OBP Recovery Team's conservation efforts.

🔸 Protecting an endemic sea star: Wildcare Lumeah Point is partnering with Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - IMAS to minimise the impact of invasive species on the critically endangered live-bearing sea star, an endemic species found nowhere else on Earth, and its habitat.

🔸 Seabird island restoration: our Seabird Island Restoration Group, Friends of Bass Strait Islands, Friends of Maatsuyker Island - Wildcare Inc., and Friends of Tasman Island - Wildcare Inc are working in partnership with Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service to protect breeding habitat, restore island ecosystems and reduce invasive species impacts on threatened seabirds across Bass Strait.

🔸 Threatened plant conservation: Threatened Plants Tasmania has contributed to the protection and recovery of some of Tasmania's most critically endangered plant species, from lesser-known species that rarely receive public attention, to iconic species such as Miena cider gum, Morrisby's gum and the Sagg spider orchid, working in partnership with the NRET Threatened Species Unit, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, councils and other conservation organisations.

🔸 World Heritage wilderness w**d control: Wildcare SPRATS conducts remote-area w**d eradication on Tasmania's west coast in partnership with Parks and Wildlife Service and CSIRO. They're protecting fragile World Heritage ecosystems, threatened communities and species from invasive species impacts.

Across all of this work, Wildcare is strengthening ecological monitoring, data-sharing and alignment with conservation priorities. Our local volunteer effort connects clearly to statewide and national biodiversity outcomes.

This is local effort, with real global impact. 🐾

Why not become a Wildcare member and help make a lasting impact in Tasmania? https://wildcaretas.org.au

Thanks to our groups for sharing these great photos!

Volunteer in the Spotlight: Marianne Gee 🌟If we had to pick one person who embodies what it means to be a Wildcare volun...
22/05/2026

Volunteer in the Spotlight: Marianne Gee 🌟

If we had to pick one person who embodies what it means to be a Wildcare volunteer, our new Chair Marianne Gee would instantly come to mind.

Marianne's Wildcare story began in 2004 as a hut warden on the iconic Overland Track. This sparked a lifelong commitment to Tasmania's wilderness. More than two decades later, Marianne is still giving her time and energy caring for the wild places, animals and birdlife that need us most.

Since 2018, Marianne has served as President of Friends of the Orange-bellied Parrot, one of the most critically endangered birds on the planet. Her professional background in communications, design and leadership has transformed the group's profile, refined its strategy, and significantly boosted fundraising activity.

She also represents the group on the Orange-bellied Parrot National Recovery Team, contributing at a national level to the effort to protect and provide a brighter future for this tiny, beautiful parrot.

On top of that, Marianne was elected as the incoming Chair at our AGM last month. She has previously served on the Wildcare Board, and continues to generously share her skills across the whole organisation. Her tireless support of fellow members and groups is marked by exceptional care and professionalism.
Marianne, the OBP is lucky to have you, and so are we. Thank you. 🐾

We're celebrating our wonderful Wildcare volunteers all week for National Volunteer Week. Come back tomorrow for another volunteer spotlight! ✨

Feeling motivated? Become a Wildcare member and be part of a community that's caring for Tasmanian wild places and wildlife.

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134 Macquarie Street
Hobart, TAS
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