Mudgeroo Wombat & Wildlife Refuge

16/11/2025

****New Volunteer Post****
How much do we love thee! We have had some fabulous people come along lately to offer their assistance to our servcies in any way they can. Georgia is one such lovely young person. She brings her warmth, fun and dedicated skill to Admin to our team. With a love of wildlife and belief in the importance of the work we do, Georgia is committed to helping us to grow and see our projects and ideas for advancing our facilities, become a reality. Welcome to the Mudgeroo team Georgia!

16/11/2025

A little Friarbird came in tonight after being found deopped from a great heightout of the nest. The poor babies state does not look good. But he has been receiving treatment and will have the best chance of recovery ❤️‍🩹

Please consider helping us to Save our refuge and to be able to continue to support our local wildlife and care for more animals in need, like Tiger & Rajah, if you can. Your ongoing help allows us to keep doing what we do. Please head to https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-sanctuary-mudgeroo-jervis-bay

We are under the license of Wildlife Rescue south coast Inc and are authorised to care for the wildlife in our care. For any wildlife advice or injured wildlife please call the WRSC phone line on 0418 427 214. , ,

16/11/2025

Today was a busy Sunday. We had an Emu struggling with ataxia from an unknown cause, a local Biologist and Reptile Book author called in to meet us, and we found one our brand new fences recently finished, already damaged by a neighbours tree. Aaaargh. Never a dull moment. Minor but often tricky and or costly issues never cease with animals and property. 🤪🙏❤️

16/11/2025

Many feeds, lots of cleaning. I’m extremely vigilant and very hopeful that all the White faced Herons go well as they have been looking so good all the way along. Even little Eggbert, who had Metabolic bone disease in the beginning has come on leaps and bounds. 🙏🤞❤️

16/11/2025

Our thoughts go out to all in our area that are under threat by a bushfire. We are deceivingly quiet here except for the reasonably gusty wind at times, sirens and planes going out to affected areas. We are able to help if anybody needs to evacuate and take animals to a safer place and have been in contact with some people that we know.
Our hearts go out to all the emergency service personnel workin hard to get it under control today. They are preparing to work throughout the night to try to get it under control. It is near our beloved Booderee National Park and a few towns where there are many people and many in our community we know and love. Lets hope it’s over as quickly as it began. 🤞🤞🤞🤞

16/11/2025

🎄Our 12 Days of Christmas Wish List Begins Tomorrow!🎄

With the festive season nearly here, we’re excited to launch our 12 Days of Christmas Countdown starting tomorrow, 17th November! 🌟

Each day, we’ll share one special item from our Christmas Wish List. If you’re looking for a meaningful way to give this season, we’d love your support. Even the smallest contribution helps us provide safety, comfort, and love to the animals in our care 🦘

Thank you for helping us make this Christmas extra special for our furry, feathered, and hooved friends. 💚

Send a message to learn more

15/11/2025

Please consider helping us to Save our refuge and to be able to continue to support our local wildlife and care for more animals in need, like Tiger & Rajah, if you can. Your ongoing help allows us to keep doing what we do. Please head to https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-sanctuary-mudgeroo-jervis-bay

We are under the license of Wildlife Rescue south coast Inc and are authorised to care for the wildlife in our care. For any wildlife advice or injured wildlife please call the WRSC phone line on 0418 427 214. , ,

15/11/2025

What a crazy Day! From the sublime to the ridiculous.

This afternoon we were told we had won a lovely gift of a handbag from Oroton. What a very nice gesture and a very expensive Birthday and Christmas present this will be! Thankyou to Tracey for giving thanks to us and entering this for us to receive a gift and thankyou to Oroton for choosing me. I have never had anything of a designer brand, so that is a first for sure.

Then, we have to cut our date night short as we had calls for an Emu out. We scoffed down our tea to come home and find the Emu. Now we will miss the show. Our son is being baby sat and Phil is off on the quadbike as we can’t find the Emu that’s out. There truly is never a dull moment in one’s day around here. 🤪🙏❤️

15/11/2025

📖 New Report: Counting Kangaroos — Fact or Fiction?

Australia’s commercial kangaroo industry kills between 1.6–1.8 million kangaroos every year, making it the world’s largest wildlife slaughter for meat and skins. Together with Kangaroos Alive and Voiceless Directors, Dr Dror Ben-Ami and Professor Daniel Ramp, a new independent report has been released, revealing critical gaps in reliability, transparency, and sustainability across state-managed kangaroo programs.

The report calls for major reforms, including a shift away from commercial killing toward non-lethal, coexistence-based management that protects kangaroos and supports farmers, especially during droughts. Additionally, it recommends that all kangaroo survey data be made public and independently reviewed to restore scientific credibility and transparency.

🦘 Read the full report → https://www.kangaroosalive.org/kangaroo-population-report

15/11/2025

A lot going on for our poor Yellow bellied sea snakes. More food and fluids is the best way to get the nutritional support into them that they need for healing. 🙏🤞❤️

15/11/2025

Not a great start to the weekend, when It is a terrible start to the day. We wete gutted to have found one of our White faced Heron chicks dead first thing this morning. Minutes later we got a call from the WRSC Hotline to attend a fence hanger, the unaffectionate name for the all too common tragedy killing our wildlife actoss the country, every single day. The Joey had escaped by the time we had arrived. The case of fence hangers escaping injury is low, but it seems like after a long search, Mum & Joey, that had hopped a long way by then, may be one of the very few that heals on its own. A big day of normal routine since then. It was never meant to be easy, just nit this bloody hard to be honest. Now I’m feeding the little cute ones, before a well earned rest of our own tonight 👍😓❤️