Friends of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby
Morton National Park
Overview
It isn’t very hard to find your soft spot for the shy and beautiful brush-tailed rock-wallaby, currently one of Australia’s threatened species. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Friends of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, based in the Shoalhaven area, invite you to help save this native Australian animal from extinction.
- Work
- Fundraising and community awareness
- Where
- Morton National Park
- Price
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Annual membership is $10 per person or $15 for a family.
- What to
bring - Clothes for all weather conditions, drinking water
- More information
To join, call (02) 4887 8244 or visit Friends of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby.
Friends of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby and NSW National Parks hope to one day see this animal thrive again in the wild within a biodiverse Australian environment, and invite you to help them reach this goal. Being a member of this volunteer group can involve:
- Participating in fundraising activities
- Building community awareness, including staffing stalls at local shows and events.
- Taking part in feral animal and weed control in the Shoalhaven, including assisting with weeding working bees within local colonies.
- Participating in monthly working bees at the Waterfall Springs Sanctuary (rock-wallaby captive breeding facility) near Gosford
- Bringing your specialist skills to the organisation
The group concentrates its activities in the Shoalhaven area, in Morton National Park, Cambewarra Range Nature Reserve and Bugong National Park. If you can't help with these on-ground works you can still help protect this native Australian animal by:
- Becoming a member
- Raising awareness
- Making a donation
- Purchasing merchandise
- Adopting a wallaby
Contact the Friends directly for more information on how you can help, and what you need to bring along when you volunteer.
Park info
- in Morton National Park in the South Coast and Country NSW regions
Morton National Park is always open but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.
Parts of the south-eastern area of this park were once used for military training and may contain unexploded artillery shells. These areas have restrictions in place for your safety.
Park entry fees:
Fitzroy Falls: $4 per vehicle per day. Bundanoon area: $8 per vehicle per day. The park has coin-operated pay and display machines - please bring correct coins.
Buy an annual pass.-
- Fitzroy Falls Visitor Centre
02 4887 7270
Contact hours: 9am to 5pm daily. Closed Christmas Day. - 1301 Nowra Road, Fitzroy Falls NSW 2577
- Email: FitzroyFalls.VC@environment.nsw.gov.au
- Fitzroy Falls Visitor Centre
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