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This is amazing vision! The platypus are colonising teh wetlands thanks to our new VT Commodore engine pump. It costs around $13 per hour to run, but it so worth it. Please donate to help us keep the water flowing. paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…

A brush tailed rock wallaby at the bottom of the rainforest. With the boardwalk restored, a new environment is now accessible.

The rains are slowly filling the waterways. What a beautiful time of year.

If I was getting paid, I'd have to dock my wages, because I really do waste a lot of time watching platypus.

Overcast, gloomy, a slight chill in the air... Glorious platypus sighting conditions.

Our staff showed great initiative to put this together. Very insightful. Thanks guys. facebook.com/318860348226806…

Thanks to everyone who is helping us maintain our animal husbandry and vet care standards during these surreal times. It's greatly appreciated.

There's 28 acres to roam around, yet they couldn't get any closer.

Sleeping in the old staff room has its benefits.

The Sanctuary wildlife hospital is progressing nicely. Concrete is polished and sealed. Roller-shutters are ordered. Our vets have provided their wish lists. When you eat, sleep, and breathe what you do, everything is part of a 20 year plan.

As part of our long term strategy for wildlife care, we've welcomed over 20 animal science students to Warrawong over the summer. Patrick, Hayley, and Tom learned a little about enrichment from Keeper Clare. The study of Australian natives really needs to be a core course unit.

We spend so much time talking about koalas and chlamydia, retrovirus, and oxalate nephrosis. We just visited my 94 year old Mother in Hobart and realised there's no cure for old.

So looking forward to our children running the planet. We think they'll do a great job.

So many young people, full of ideals, want to work in conservation and the environment. We need to develop a business plan that nourishes and rewards that youthful exuberance, before they burn out and become us.

We are in an age of public servants earning fortunes from the community, instead of serving it. The age of buristocrats. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

We are very... gofundme.com/f/koala-insuran…

It will take the ATO years to track expenditure from wildlife crowdfunding campaigns. I suspect findings will be worse than banking royal commission.

We have 2 vet students doing placements with us this week (28 over the summer break). One has a $1500 horse. The other a $200 dog. We need to explore the meaning of "value", in order to better understand the cost of losing Australian native animals.

We probably all agree that we should value Australian wildlife. However, we may not have given much consideration as to the meaning of "value". This is what it meant to Earth Sanctuaries Limited on July 1, 2000.