Once again the Queensland Garden Show was a hugely successful event, in our perfect winter weather. The Nambour Showgrounds hosts many wonderful expos throughout the year and this one sees visitors from all around Australia flow through the gates. WILVOS have been...
How good to see some Sunday sunshine! It has been a tough time for many people. After sighing with relief that we missed the devastating cyclonic winds, the flooding came. Noone expected a follow up deluge so soon . Hopefully, everyone is receiving the help they need....
Recent weather events have impacted humans and animals. After such extreme weather it is in the following days and weeks that wildlife in distress are found. The WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline then receives calls for help or advice. Torrential downpours saw young chicks...
In the wild there are many fallacies floating around about our native animals. These are often heard by our wildlife volunteers on the WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline. We all know that koalas aren’t bears but they are still often referred to as ‘’koala bears’’, even in...
Sometimes when we actually research our different native wildlife species, we develop a new respect for them. Recently, reminiscing on WILVOS 54 416200 hotline calls, I remembered someone phoning the hotline to say he had hundreds of tiny spiders crawling over his...
We have such wonderful native animal species in Australia. Sometimes they are just taken for granted, but overseas visitors are always enthralled. Through our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline we see an amazing range of wildlife. Though possums may seem familiar to some,...