Resources
Meet Our Volunteers
Our Volunteers are dedicated members of BWR who work together in a Team to provide assistance to the day-to-day operations of the rescue centre.
Meet Chelsea
Meet our Volunteers ChelseaChelsea has been volunteering at Barossa Wildlife Rescue since 2012. She met Rose after moving to Lyndoch at 9 years old and began volunteering with some of her friends from primary school. She continued to volunteer through high school and...
Completed Projects
- A fully functional Reptile enclosure where turtles and reptiles can recover.
- Flight Aviary for large birds and birds of prey.
- 20ft freight container for lucerne/pellet storage.
- Large 22,500 water tank for extra water storage.
- 20ft freight container for lucerne/pellet storage.
- New upright freezer for storing more supplies.
- 130 square metres of lawn and insulation for the back yard. All supplied by Pernod Ricard with many thanks.
- Sprinklers and shade cloth installed over animal enclosures by Barossa Water Systems.
- Freight Container (for food storage) fitted out with shelving and Wirly Gig. Many thanks to our BWR handymen (Bill and Fritz).
Recent Grants:
CO-OP grant for $1,000
RAA Grassroots for $5,000
W.I.R.E.S grant for $5,000
Auspost grant for $500
CO-OP grant for $2,000
Barossa Council for $3,000
Training Our Volunteers
During quiet times of the year for BWR, we enroll our Volunteers on courses which will help with our wildlife/fellow helpers and look good on their resumes!
- Four qualified on the First Aid course.
- Five qualified COVID Marshall’s on board.
- One with TAFE – Basic Bushfire Awareness.
- Six have completed ‘Introduction to Wildlife Rescue’ provided by W.I.R.E.S.
- Eight Volunteers attended a ‘Wildlife Euthanasia Workshop’ run by an accredited Officer with beer and pizza afterwards (on my tab of course!).
- BWR has also held a basic first aid workshop into caring for our wildlife and had a very informative morning with a social lunch afterwards. Twenty-six carer’s and volunteers came along.
