Get Involved - Volunteering Opportunities
TARCOWIE LANDCARE GROUP - WORKING BEE
Sunday 2nd February
Join us to look after our patch and water our revegetation sites.
All working bees commence at 9 am from meeting point (June Jenkins house, 55 Chappies Rd. Meetings are held on the Saturday prior to the Sunday Working Bee)
For further information contact: Kieran Brewer 0427 902 326 or June Jenkins 8658 6119 june.jenkins@westnet.com.au.
CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS - BROOKFIELD WOMBAT CONSERVATION WEEKEND
Brookfield Conservation Park, 1st - 2nd February & 1st - 2nd March
Join us for a rewarding weekend trip to help save Australia’s iconic Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat at Brookfield Conservation Park.
Volunteers will be involved in wombat warren and vegetation surveys involving the collection of data (documenting location using GPS, collecting scat samples, recording measurements of warrens).
Accommodation: Brookfield Conservation Park Homestead, Shared accommodation with shared bathroom facilities. Heating is available in the lounge room and ceiling fans are provided in the lounge and bedrooms. Please bring own sleeping bag and towel.
Project Departs: 8.00am Adelaide city
Project Cost: $120pp
Want more info? Visit our website, contact our Adelaide Office on 1800 032 501 or 08 8212 0777 or email adelaide@cva.org.au.
TREES FOR LIFE - THREATENED FLORA PROJECT
Yorke Peninsula, Tuesday 18th - Thursday 20th March
Help to protect orchids Caldenia intuta & macroclavia by assisting to control woody weeds on private properties and council reserves on the Yorke Peninsula.
For further information & to express your interest contact Erica Rees on 0408 812 677 ericar@treesforlife.org.au.
GOANNA MONITORING - VOLUNTEER FROM HOME
Your home, late April - May
Are you keen for a virtual treasure hunt for goannas, from the comfort of your own home?
We are seeking volunteers to review images from camera-traps as part of a goanna monitoring project in the southern Yorke Peninsula. Camera-traps are used to monitor the presence and distribution of goanna species in response to our fox-baiting program.
When: late April – May to review camera-trap images.
Duration: approximately 5-7 days (over 3-4 weeks)
Equipment needed: personal computer at home (with all your creature comforts), Microsoft software (Excel, Picture viewer)
Duties: review all images, identify goanna species, record sites and image numbers in Excel spreadsheet.
Experience: basic computer skills use and managing files
INNES NATIONAL PARK – CAMPGROUND HOST(S) WANTED FOR 2014 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Innes National Park, positioned on the tip of the Yorke Peninsula, offers visitors fantastic opportunities to enjoy camping, bushwalking, fishing and surfing and much more. With over 200 visitors per day to Innes National Park, we need extra support over school holiday periods to provide an exceptional service to the public.
We are seeking Campground Host(s) to be based at Pondalowie Bay Campground and Stenhouse Bay Campground. Free Camping Provided.
What do Campground Hosts do?
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Welcome campers
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Assist visitors to select a camp site
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Share information about campsite rules, facilities & attractions
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Provide visitors with general park information using available brochures and fact sheets
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Regularly check on facilities & ensure the campground is kept tidy
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Liaise with the rangers regarding site conditions, facilities and any visitor issues.
To register your interest please send your information to dewnrnorthernandyorkevolunteers@sa.gov.au or phone the Natural Resource Centre on 88413400.
4 RIVERS PROJECT - REVEGETATION
Do you want to get out in the great outdoors and plant trees? Do you want to assist in the restoration of the Wakefield & Willochra Rivers?
Revegetation projects will be coming up in
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Melrose: May - June
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Auburn: July - August
Watch this space for more information in the next edition, or register your interest with Jennifer Munro jennifer.munro@sa.gov.au.
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