⚠️ Now Taking Expressions of Interest for Summer 2026 / 2027
This program is currently moving location. See details below to express interest for future placements.
New South Wales > moving to Queensland, Australia
Expressions of Interest for Summer 2026 / 2027
Thank you for your interest in our Wildlife Rehabilitation & Farm Life program. This project is merging with the Endangered Species project.
Due to strong demand and limited placement capacity, this project is moving to a new, improved location. We are now accepting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for placements in Summer 2026 / 2027 and 2027 / 2028.
If you’re passionate about contributing to the care, rehabilitation, and recovery of native Australian wildlife, we encourage you to register your interest early.
This program operates within a small, home‑based wildlife shelter where each volunteer contributes directly to animal care — from feeding and enrichment to habitat maintenance and daily routines. Because the well-being of the animals and the quality of volunteer experience are our priority, placements will be strictly limited. This is both to ensure personalised support for volunteers and to respect the capacity of the home‑stay facilities and wildlife carers on site.
There is no confirmation for an opening date however we will keep anyone interested up to date.
More about this project
Based in regional Queensland on the door step of the Great Barrier Reef, this dedicated wildlife rescue and rehabilitation group cares for injured and orphaned wildlife. After rehabilitation, the animals are released back into their natural environment. They also undertake domestic animal rescue, rehabilitation, permanent care and facilitates the re-homing and adoption of these animals. The new shelter is also a sea turtle rehabilitation centre.
Volunteers are involved in the care of both native wildlife and domestic animals and their release.
A typical day consists of the daily routines of feeding and watering the animals including bottle feeding the younger animals and throwing pellets to the older roos, cleaning cages& enclosures, building cages& enclosures, building and mending fences, playing with the animals, exercising the animals, wild animal rescue and release, domestic animal rescue, care& rehabilitation, domestic animal re-homing& adoption and intensive care.
Other activities include a kangaroo head count, treatments for farm animals (horses, pigs, goats, pigs, cats, etc), visits to the vet for animals’ treatment or the dairy to pick up some calves and horse transport.
Animals on site include Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Red Neck Wallabies, Bare Nose Wombats, Birds (Cockies, Galahs, Budgies), Chickens, an Alpaca, Sheep, Cattle, Goats, Dogs, Cats and a Pig.
Due to the bushfires that devastated the region, assistance is also required with vegetation management, fence repairs and fence replacement.
Volunteers must be minimum 16 years old, fluent in English and be able to take direction. Volunteers under 18 must demonstrate that they have lived out of home before and are independent.
Volunteers must be physically fit and able to work long days.
Volunteers are required to nurse and sit with young animals while feeding and exercising. They also need to go into enclosures and paddocks in order to feed animals and clean enclosures.
A small town on the outskirts of Holbrook, New South Wales.
Fly or take a train or bus to Albury or Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Volunteers are picked up from there.
Wednesdays, all year round.
1 week–4 weeks
Volunteers usually work morning and afternoon shifts from 5am –5pm with breaks.
Home stay in a shared twin or private, sex-segregated rooms. Under 18 year old volunteers stay in a private room.
Breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner & snacks are provided. Vegans and vegetarians are catered for. Volunteers have access to kitchen and cooking facilities if they choose to prepare their own meals.
From AUD $121 a day
| Duration | Cost (AUD) |
|---|---|
| 1 week | $1235 |
| 2 weeks | $2100 |
What’s included:
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Pre departure support
- Project Information Pack
- Transfers from the airport/bus/train station to the project
- Accommodation
- Meals
- On the job training
- 24 hour in country support
- 24 hour O2E emergency phone
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Certificate of participation, if requested
Gemma R.
United Kingdom
"The carers were incredibly warm and welcoming.
There are a variety of very very cute animals with
new arrivals all the time. I loved doing both the wild
animal care (mostly the non stop milk bottles!) and
also the bits around the farm. I had my own lovely
bedroom and we were fed like kings every night! "
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