Meet the Mob

Meet Rose

Meet Greg
Greg is a passionate environmentalist and animal lover. Born and raised in the Barossa Valley, he now lives in Lyndoch working for Supaloc Steel Building Systems as a customer service and planning manager. Greg has been a part of Barossa Wildlife Rescue for over 10 years. In 2012 after finding some baby grass parrots on their new property, Greg and his daughter Chelsea brought them to BWR and became members quickly after. He is now the Chairperson of the BWR Management Committee. He also designed our flash new logo!
Birds hold a special place in Greg’s heart.
“I’m a bird person. I love that they’re all so free-spirited, always having a blast no matter what. They’re very vocal and silly. I love sitting at home and listening to the cacophony of birds in the evening and watching their antics. My favourite animal we ever had at BWR was a Purple-crowned Lorikeet named Happy Feet.”
Greg’s most memorable experience with BWR was when Rose asked him to pick up an echidna puggle!
“I often pick up animals for Rose on my way home from work. After I picked up the puggle, I needed to pick up my son from school on the way. He thought it might shoot spikes at him or something if he touched it. Rose was clearly very excited and called me on the way back demanding I hurry up and bring back her puggle so she could see him!”

Meet Chelsea
Chelsea moved to Lyndoch in 2012 at the age of 8 and met Rose that year after finding some baby grass parrots. She has loved animals her whole life, and immediately offered to become a volunteer on that first day at BWR. 11 years later and she’s still here, and is now a qualified wildlife carer and the Secretary of the BWR management committee. Chelsea is currently studying her Bachelor’s in Ecology whilst also working in environmental consultation.
Chelsea’s favourite animals are Brushtail Possums. In early 2023 she began using her property as one of our main brushtail possum slow-release locations. Her most memorable moment with BWR was the experience of raising and releasing her first possum.
“Her name was Jelly, she was a little brushtail. She loved tummy rubs and grapes. She was my first slow release on my property, and I love to think that any one of the brushtail possums I see might be her.”

Meet Meredith
Meredith has been BWR’s Treasurer for 2 years, and her contributions to grant applications and making sure our finances are managed responsibly have been invaluable.
Meredith is a retired public servant, and after retirement was looking for a meaningful volunteer role working with animals. After living all over Australia Meredith settled down in the Barossa, where she came across BWR and became involved.
Meredith’s favourite animals are possums, both brushtails and ringtails, and she helps hand-rear joeys for release. She admits that she also fell in love with our trio of Australian Owlet-Nightjar fledglings that came into care late last year.
“Releasing the Australian Owlet-Nightjars was my most memorable experience at BWR. They are just adorable.”

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Meet Mikaela
After bringing many animals in need to BWR over the years, Mikaela decided to join the BWR family as a volunteer – and we’re lucky to have her! Mikaela comes to our HQ at least once a week to feed and care for the animals on-site.
On top of completing year 12 this year, Mikaela is also doing a TAFE course on Animal Studies. She hopes to be accepted into Veterinary Nursing after school!
Mikaela’s admits to having a soft spot for the roos, especially Nugget, saying, “I very much relate to his naughtiness!”
When asked about her most memorable moment at BWR, Mikaela said, “Every moment is memorable, and every day is a new experience, I think everyone can agree to that! The memory that sticks out the most is having to chase around the white Geese when they moved into their new home and having to spend forever trying to remove them from under the shipping container, which is right next to their new enclosure!”
Meet Molly

Meet Imelda

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Meet Abbey
Abbey has had a passion for saving animals since she was very young. Since she didn’t quite yet have the knowledge or equipment to look after animals herself, she began with BWR by rescuing animals she came across and bringing them in to Rose. She then moved on to volunteering on Saturdays to feed the animals and has been there every week since she began 6 years ago. Abbey is currently studying acting and theatre, and when she is not doing rescues for BWR she spends her time singing in her band, artistic roller skating and being involved in the local council.
Abbey has a passion for unique Australian wildlife, with her favourite animals being the brushtailed pascogale and the owlet-nightjar. She does also have a special place in her heart for ringtail possums. Her most memorable experience with BWR was volunteering on one of BWR’s busiest days on record.
“I believe I was at Rose’s for 11 or 12 hours, running back and forth between vets and rescue locations. By the end of it all we were all sitting on the kitchen floor after absolutely crashing!”