Araucaria Wildlife Sanctuary Team

New arrivals in Preschool

It has been another busy week, with more arrivals. Everyone is settling in nicely in the preschool enclosure. Venus is[…]

This poor little joey (now named Peta Rabbit) came into care this week after being caught and carried some distance[…]

One of the hidden jobs of macropod care and release is managing and maintaining a release yard. The past 12-18[…]

This somewhat insignificant clump of native grass has been growing in a harsh environment for years. Now it has decided[…]

Today four not-so-little joeys moved from Infants to the Primary School yard. It is always a very exciting day for[…]

After four months in care, (not so) little Maple the Squirrel Glider is being released. She is now free to[…]

Yesterday we started preparation for fire season by doing some hazard reduction burning. It is a few years since we[…]

The teenage joeys… Hoppy, Rimba, Roooby, Stinky, Honeydew, Bamboo, Roma, Tilly and Torrent have been on day release for a[…]

For the past couple of weeks we have been possum sitting two little Mountain Brushtail (Short eared) possums for another[…]

It has been a very busy week of rescues at Araucaria Sanctuary. We have welcomed quite a few new joeys[…]