As I type this on my phone I am sitting at the Toowoomba railway station ready to set off on the Dawnie Express on its next leg of the steam train journey to Roma. The final destination is Charleville. The inaugural “Fur Ball” will be held there. This...
After nearly two weeks tramping around Melbourne, it is a bit of a culture shock to return home. Little Swamp Wallaby Piccallili was returned to me soon after I arrived and it was a delight to see the mischievous little fellow. Having had him since he was a furless...
Years ago someone gave me an interesting book on cows. I thought of this recently when I had a call about a bird trapped in an old building with very high ceilings. The book had said that to manage cows one had to think like a cow. How true that was! How true it is...
The storms and cold weather brought in an influx of little Feathertail Gliders over the last week. It is difficult to survive the elements when so tiny. Each day a call would come from the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital or the Eumundi RSPCA Wildlife Centre. Oops!...
What ever-changing weather we are experiencing! The sun shone beautifully for the Sunshine Coast Show, which was a credit to its organizers. I could have sat there in the stands at Nambour for three days if time, and wildlife, had allowed. Nevertheless, I did enjoy my...
Not all our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline calls are about Australian native animals. We will receive calls for different animals in different situations. The animal’s welfare is always important, even in the case of a feral animal. If WILVOS cannot help directly, we can...
