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25.01.2022 Hi! It’s 2017 Brutus here. Behind me is my buddy Pluto. Rae asked me to drop in to say sorry she hasn’t been posting much cause she’s been busy moving stuff into her new house. I don’t understand why she just doesn’t live in the bush with us quite frankly. There’s heaps of yummy food and good shelter. Silly girl. Anyway, catch ya later. Love, Baby Brutus from 2017 #wrsc

24.01.2022 Brutus and Bruce had a spat over the feed bin. There’s more than one guys, learn to share! #whenthebossisawaytheboyswillplay

24.01.2022 This is a magic spot where the river crosses over the property and the walking track when the tide comes in. Are the tide goes out, it leaves behind tasty minerals and the blackest of dirt that all joeys love to munch on. Brave Miss Chenoa is the first one out as usual. She was so exhausted from her bush exploits, she passed out asleep the moment she got into her pouch. Thanks Nicole for helping carry the pouch ones up that hill today. It’s so important for joeys to have these bush walks and time exploring their future home. #wrsc

24.01.2022 A NEW adult arrival who is clearly one who was bought up here... I can’t say 100% but given his profile I think this might be Mars, who left here in mid 2019 and is now back. AND a NEW baby on board for Clover! A great sign of her recovery. Some may recall she was too injured to care for her last Joey after the fire. What a champion she is!

23.01.2022 Diesel is loving his new bed once he’s all fixed up we will find the best most loving home for him in the whole wide world. He deserves it.

23.01.2022 I posted a video of Minnie Moo the Confident Roo last night. Here’s a photo from when she first arrived

22.01.2022 There’s nothing more satisfying than standing in your feed, no matter how old you are. Boris, 2019

22.01.2022 Juliette E is our WINNER in our $2000 Weekly Draw. Thank you to everyone who are helping us by being in the draw the funds really do make a huge difference, good luck next week. To try and join the winners list enter here - www.club-draws.com/wild2free

21.01.2022 SHAME FILE Name: Duncan Sex: Male Age: 10.5 months... Weight: 5.2kg . Guilty of: Causing rollercoaster stress and sleeplessness to his human carer. As many carers of Eastern Grey Kangaroos know, when a joey gets sick, they often go down hard and fast. When Duncan, the bottle pig refused his final bottle of milk last night, it was concerning. It became even more worrying when he refused to drink an alternative, Vytrate (an electrolyte drink), had absolutely ZERO interest in his snacks and was very ‘flat’. These are the warning signs for a particularly awful and often fatal parasitic disease called Coccidiosis. Despite his poop looking ok, his carer Rae lay in bed, eyes wide, watching his every move. Around 1am, the perpetrator sniffed at some black wattle, so Rae was out in the rain with a torch, grabbing him a fresh Black Wattle to see if it enticed him. It didn’t. Finally, at around 1.40am she spotted a piece of hay in his mouth. It was enough to reassure her to grab a few hours’ sleep before rising at 6am for the next feed. Deep breaths were taken when the first feed commenced this morning, only for Duncan to drink like everything was normal. Once outside, he decided to start playing and practise his boxing skills on Rae not the signs of a sick joey. The perpetrator is currently hanging in his pouch gorging on snacks like nothing ever happened, while Rae is struggling to keep her eyes open. . Punishment: How can one punish a joey that displayed symptoms of a very sick joey? Well, we will be taking things easy over the next couple of days, just to make sure that this sleep thief is 100% fighting fit. This little perpetrator caused a lot of stress and anxiety last night and we’re just relived we can post about it this morning with relief and smiles. Have a great day everyone, we know we will! . NOTE: In this pic, taken this morning, Duncan has pulled some bark and a dirt bomb ‘snack pack’ into his pouch, while his sniffs at some new black wattle. Guess you just wanted to test our stress levels last night then did you? #wrsc See more

21.01.2022 Oh my..... it’s Jake! Have not seen him for a couple of months. Nice to spot his absolutely distinctive face in this photo

20.01.2022 Kirri has a gurge just as I start filming. Check out how big Koa is now - he’s about the same size as Cricket who is a year older.

19.01.2022 How good is this?? Now the she-oak our friend Nicole brings for us (we won’t have it back for years), can be kept fresh for longer thank you for this great initiative Foliagenator

18.01.2022 It’s been a long tough day. Time to put the feet up. Good night #wrsc.

17.01.2022 Miss Lily is 4 years old today. She arrived here in 2017 when she was 9 months old. She was sick and wouldn’t drink her bottles, but her problem was quickly identified and with lots of love and care, she became a bottle pig like other healthy joeys. In 2018 Lily was released from care, free to live on the property forever, or leave to find greener pastures elsewhere. Like most females, she opted to stay and continues to live here today. She is the mini matriarch of the mob an...d packs a lot of power in her feet, earning her the title warning #dontmesswithlily. Still now, she will growl and stand on those tippy toes to warn any other kangaroo (including the big ones) to stay outta her space. In 2019, her first joey Holly was born and Lily loved to return from her secret kangaroo business in the bush with Holly hopping alongside her, hours before the others would return. She and Holly would enjoy scoffing on the feed and hay at the house in peace before having a snooze on a dog bed with her full tummy before the others arrived. On the day of the bushfire, Lily was the last adult seen at the house along with her daughter Holly and another unidentified kangaroo who may have been Cricket it was difficult to see. Holly was never seen again. Only Lily knows what happened to Holly, but like the true strong matriarch she is, Lily got on with it and raised Clover’s joey Clyde because Clover was too sick and injured. Now, Lily has her own son to care for. Basil was born in January 2020. Like many of the girls, she knew she had to deliver more joeys to help the population recover. He’s now ‘at foot’ and although the house is no longer here, she returns now to the surviving cabin, hours before the others, to enjoy eating in peace with Basil alongside her. She’s a brilliant mother, she’s tough, she’s loving, she’s beautiful. She is Lily and we are so proud of everything she has overcome to be here with us today. Happy Birthday Lily! P.S. Pics are a) 2017, b) 2018, c) 2019 with Holly d) 2020 taking care of Clyde, e)2020 with Basil #wrsc

17.01.2022 Our wonderful volunteer Laury feeding Nova, Mulberry and Huckleberry who are now all officially outside permanently and in typical style, Nova is beginning to wean first despite being the youngest. #growingupfast #wrsc

16.01.2022 Strike a pose possum

15.01.2022 Basil gets the best bark

14.01.2022 Every Joey loves this spot. It’s where the tidal river comes in and deposits rich minerals from the salt river. Even the little new arrival got her mouth deep into the dirt. We harvest some for their snack baskets too. Dirt is the first solid food a Joey eats in the wild. Usually while mum is laying down in dirt in the bush and Joey sticks the head out for the first time. The bacteria in the dirt helps establish gut flora preparing them to eat solid food #wrsc

13.01.2022 Everyone is still awake after play time except Chenoa, who tired herself out playing down at the mangroves #wrsc

13.01.2022 Minnie Moo is all grown up now and becoming a mumma for the first time. We had a storm come through and the drowned rats of Koa, Lily and Basil turned up as early as 3pm. Now Miss Minnie Moo the Confident Roo is here. so nice when they come in early

12.01.2022 One year ago today, the Currowan Fire began, 20km north from here. For the next five weeks it head north and east, away from us while it destroyed the homes and killed the family members of millions of wild animals. We lived with the threat of it every day, becoming complacent at times and even hoping it would hurry up and come so the anxiety and anticipation would end. Hoping it would come on a cooler, hardly breezy day so that we had the ability to fight it and the wildlife... had time to escape. During the last week of December it started coming south and was renamed the Clyde Mountain Fire as it crossed the Kings Highway, where it sat for days in Monga National Park killing more animals and unable to be extinguished due to the terrain. On December 31st 2019, the weather conditions deteriorated significantly and a fire that was predicted to reach 3km west of us by the end of the day, instead railroaded us from 4am 8.30am, when we were rescued on the river by our neighbour Simon. It reached the coast soon after, destroying around 500 human homes just in our little piece of the South Coast, the Eurobodalla Shire also known as The Nature Coast, in just hours. Before the fire hit here, we were raising funds and distributing food to help the surviving wildlife affected north of us. In 3 weeks, with thanks to over 60 volunteers, we had 150+ feeding stations set up and distributed. Thank you to those who continued the program when we were no longer able to. You saved lives. Important lives the wildlife survivors who had lost their homes, their families and loved ones - and who had no food or water. Thank you to every person who participated in that program, whether it be by donation or man hours maintaining those food and water stations. Today I take time to pay tribute to those animals who lost their lives in the fires of the South Coast, which began one year ago today and that stole so much from us all. And I don’t mean houses. I mean our beautiful Nature Coast on the South Coast of NSW and all of its surviving inhabitants.

12.01.2022 Thought I’d do a quick clean up outside... quick? Check these guys out

09.01.2022 Miss Nova approves of the fresh black wattle, which we actually got yesterday but it was kept fresh with the new Foligenator. How good! #wrsc

08.01.2022 Before W2F existed, I volunteered for an incredible woman called Carol Seegar. She was known as the 'wombat lady', but she cared for any animal in need - to her own detriment cause she just doesn't know how to say "no more". I volunteered and fundraised for Carol for over a year. If it wasn't for her, Wild 2 Free wouldn't exist. Until I met Carol, I didn't know any more about wildlife than the average person but watching Carol's selfless dedication to all creatures, was a dee...p inspiration to me. It's her fault I've given up a normal life to dedicate it to kangaroos. The storms in Victoria have had a huge impact on Emerald Monbulk Wildlife Shelter, so we ask you to please dig deep and help this incredibly selfless woman. There is no one more deserving of support at this time. I love every part of Carol and I know you will get through this and give it your all for the animals. The least we can all do, is throw in a few dollars to help. Love, Rae x

08.01.2022 Happy Birthday Jess, who is four years old today! Jess lost her mother in a car accident, which also broke her foot. Back then, she was in care with the wonderful Clare and Doug, who arranged to have it fixed by a vet, but it was done wrong, so it was re-broken and fixed by Dr Howard Ralph at Southern Cross Wildlife Care. She was 11-months old when she arrived here in Nov 2017. Kangaroos don’t like change and Jess made that perfectly clear by arriving with diarrhea, showing u...s just how stressed out she was. They really do HATE change. It was a terrible and dry summer and loads of wild joeys were dying in the local area and we didn’t know why. Samples of one body were sent to Sydney Uni, and the verdict was grim. A parasite called Babesia was active in the region previously known to only be in the tropical areas further north. The parasite is transmitted through ticks and 11 of our joeys were also sick from it. Jess was on death’s door with this parasite, which enters into the blood stream and feeds on the red blood cells. Thankfully with the help of our local vet Dr Sean Harrison, we saved Jess’s life just in time. It took her 3 long months to fully recover. Jess suffered burns to her feet from the bushfire, but she was resilient and strong. She was only bandaged once but she fully recovered. Why? She decided to heal herself by standing in the salt water of the mud flats all the time! What a clever girl. Wet bandages are not an option so she was given antibiotics and her feet were sprayed to help avoid infections and keep the flies away. Jess didn’t mind the injections because it also meant she got almonds. And no kangaroo loves almonds more than Jess. In fact, she even stands on her tippy toes at the cabin door, placing her paws on the door to get attention to demand them these days! She doesn’t like to share almonds they all belong to her apparently. It’s #GivingTuesday today, so if you would like to donate to Jess so she can buy more almonds for her birthday, please head to wild2free.org.au/donate. Pic 1: Late 2017 Pic 2: Jan 2018 Pic 3: Mar 2018 recovery Pic 4: Jan 2020 after the fire Pic 5: See what I mean about the almond demands? #wrsc

07.01.2022 Hey look.... I don’t wanna freak you guys out or anything but just for something highly unusual and odd and different, Koa is sucking his toe standing in the food bin kangaroos are definitely creatures of habit

07.01.2022 Seriously guys?

06.01.2022 Everybody say hello to Diesel AKA ‘Sweet Cheeks’. This darling boy was surrendered to us (thanks for getting him Nicole). He was unwanted and sadly spent 2 years unloved and neglected. He’d never been to a vet and has a severe case of conjunctivitis which he’s been suffering from for a whopping 18-months! Depending on how he goes this week with treatment, he may require surgery or we may get lucky. This week it was an injection to help with inflammation and he’ll get twice ...daily eye ointment and then back to the vet next week for the verdict. The female cat he lived with, attacked him regularly, so he’s covered in scars and is very quiet and timid. Diesel has spent today settling and enjoying pats. He absolutely adores his new bed one he can call his very own. He’s super gentle, with a beautiful nature. Hopefully we can get him all fixed up over the next couple of months and find him a new loving home where he will be properly cared for and worshiped, as us cat lovers know, is the only way a cat is to be treated. Thanks as always to the incredible Dr Sean Harrison at Caseys Beach Vet Clinic.

04.01.2022 Huckleberry and Nova cuddles #wrsc

01.01.2022 Boys will be boys