Central Goldfields Wildlife Rescue

04/07/2025

01/07/2025

Want to learn what to do if you find injured wildlife?

How to pouch check?

Want to learn to get involved in rescue organisations?

Want to learn just as a new skill?

Well - this weekend Virtual Bonorong Wildlife Rescue Training 5th July 2025

Sign up below Virtual Bonorong Wildlife Rescue Training 5th July 2025

https://events.humanitix.com/virtual-bonorong-wildlife-rescue-training-5th-july-2025?hxchl=amk-eml-hfn&hxref=1-0-0

27/06/2025

Kenny (Kenworth) the wood duck has a special request to our followers!

Can you sew? 🪡
Or maybe your handy with wood?🛠

We are looking for people who can sew us pouches!
We can supply patterns and if your local we can supply fabrics. Or if you have flannelette, polar fleece and windcheater type fabrics happy to send patterns and sizes needed 🫶

We are also hoping to get some clever folk to build us possum boxes!
We require mostly brushtail boxes, but a variety would also be wonderful 💕

Thank you 🥰

27/06/2025

Welcome to the mob LaRoux ✨️

05/06/2025

Today was a rough day for rescue & speaking to others, it appears to be across the state.
I stumbled across 4 or 5 kangaroos, mostly suffering phalaris toxicity in a bad way that weren't called in.
Then there were the calls I was able to respond to and attend, and those I advised.
The day went from chill to hectic very quickly.

Please remember to leave a message if you can't reach us and understand we are doing our best to attend as many cases as possible with our recent change in circumstances 🥰🙏

And a reminder, that numbers are not increasing.
This drought means kangaroos will congregate where their is food & water, their patterns will be changing and they may be more active during different times of the day.
They are not starving, they are not breeding like crazy, the numbers aren't magically increasing, but they may be more noticeable.

We just need to learn to coexist with wildlife 🏵🙏

05/06/2025

Some of the babies in care currently 🥰

A big thank you to Bec & Jackson who spent the day helping at the shelter and getting these gorgeous snaps 😍🙏

11/05/2025

Grey headed flying fox 🥹🥰

"Sky puppies" 🫶

How could anyone not love these beautiful, useful creatures!

""Flying-foxes are busy looking after our native forests. While they’re out foraging at night, they spread pollen over long distances while feeding on blossom. This helps to pollinate native trees and improve their genetic health.

Flying-foxes can also disperse seeds across the landscape, boosting forest regeneration. By supporting forest health, flying-foxes help provide habitat for other plants and animals.""

How incredible is that?!

08/05/2025

We have been quiet on social media, Central Goldfields Wildlife Rescue has gained a new rescuer!

We apologise to those we haven't got back to or been able to assist, we are still doing what we can and this wouldn't be possible without the help of our volunteers!

A special thank you to Bec, Carmen and Nell who have been rescuing, transporting and all the extra help over the past few months.

Originally I wanted to take some time off.
I was strongly advised to stop rescuing and handling kangaroos during pregnancy, but of course, I was rescuing up until 3 days before my baby's arrival and 5 days after her birth 😬 so we are definitely still rescuing though at times the phone is unattended.

We are doing our best to attend as many rescues as possible, though this is limited between every day life and caring for a newborn.

We ask for understanding that sometimes we may not be able to answer a call or help, but we are trying our absolute best to juggle it all though sometimes it's just not possible.
This won't be forever and majority of calls we have still been able to attend, advise or help which is a massive achievement for us.

We are very excited to share the news of Maeves arrival and hope for your understanding with our unavailability at times with Rescue (shelter is still operating as normal)

18/02/2025

Today I got a call for a injured kangaroo, I am on strict instructions of not handling kangaroos from both my family and medical team as I'm 38 weeks pregnant and recently had a rescue go wrong - where I ended up a bit battered and bruised. A unexpected event, but with an already complex pregnancy, it's been very hard to step back! 😖

We are still doing our best to respond to calls, find animals assistance if we can't help or referring to others when possible. But please understand we may not be able to always help or find help, we will do our best on this step back. Which is temporary 🙏

So I got to the kangaroo this morning, and though it had a obvious fracture, requiring euthanasia - this young boy was still able to stand and was "semi-mobile" - definitely not a rescue I could do solo on my own safely when my fastest speed is a "moderate waddle" at best.

So knowing I was near Bec's, I called her and asked if she wanted to help. Of course she said Yes!

She was able to safely "blanket" and contain the young male roo, and then I was able to end his suffering 😪

How awesome is Bec?!

Bec came into our life years ago when we first started out, needing assistance with a kangaroo that had been hit by a car that also had a joey on board! (This joey went on to life in care, our girl, Asha - who years on is a mother herself and quite the pretty lady, as she was definitely not a "pretty" joey! Asha would bring home a new boyfriend daily, she is quite the popular one with the boys but also insisted they came for breakfast)

Since then Bec has been a great friend and supporter of our work!

Always willing and eager to help, from setting up feed stations at fires with us or finding wildlife in need of assistance.
She goes above and beyond for all animals 💕

Thanks to Jim for calling this one in, plenty would of driven past this handsome young roo but we only had the 1 call.

18/02/2025

Our wonderful volunteers also require a special thank you! 💐👏

They make it capable for us to care for the amount of animals we do each year.

No matter what the job, they are always up for it!

They come, once a week on their set days and help us with general tasks, cleaning yards, enclosures and helping us provide the best care possible to the wildlife in need!

Lately, I have had to step back from most rescues and helping Sharon at the shelter due to pregnancy complications. And our volunteers, who have become like family have truly stepped up and helped in anyway they can 💕
Helping with rescues, transport and even picking up supplies - anything we need, they have been there for.
They say you can't choose your family, but these guys we would definitely pick any day.

We cannot thank them enough for all they do!

So Carmen, Selena, Nell, Shaun and Allison - thank you, truly for all you do and for being there for not only us, but the wildlife too!

18/02/2025

💕💐🦘 THANK YOU 🦘💐💕

Firstly, I would to thank all of those who shared and donated after our recent post for assistance!

Without the support of our wonderful followers, we wouldn't be able to do what we do!

We have so far been able to purchase plenty of beautiful hay, roo food (pellets) and a few bags of specialised formula for the critters in care.

A sincere and heartfelt thank you to all of those who shared, donated or asked us how else they could help.

Thank you for helping us help them 🙏🦘💕

08/02/2025

A great rescue this morning 😍

This magpie found itself in a spot of bother, getting itself trapped between a garden shed and a fence with no exit point.

As I'm personally trying to step back from rescue entering the final weeks before my own "joey" is earth side, I took my trusty assistant Jack to help this Maggie!

Jack did a fantastic job, climbing up with a net and freeing this gorgeous bird from its tight spot! Needing no advice or assistance, I think I've been promoted to supervisor as he handled this case beautifully 😉

In no time at all, she was back in the trees and with others 👏👏👏