25/12/2019
In case you haven't been following the Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary evacuation story, there is wonderful news. Everyone is home and safe once more! All my Flying fox family were moved to Lane Cove ahead of the Three Mile megafire, out of its path and the choking smoke. They are all unreleasable rescues who, like I did before my retirement to Ranger Moni's and Steve's place (I'm a bit frail now, but otherwise happy and healthy), live happily together at Australia Walkabout Wildlife Park. All 250+ of the other sanctuary animals were also moved to specialised carers, from Waterfall to Blackbutt, to keep them safe. The team had to make the decision to evacuate in November when they were told the fire could reach them in less than 3 days. Their page from 15 November has daily updates as the fire burned just 5km from the sanctuary. While we were all out of harm's way, the Walkabout team and volunteers from the local community stayed to defend the sanctuary, our home, 180 acres of natural bush habitat, from the fires. After almost 5 weeks, the fireys gave the all clear. It was safe to bring all the animals home, just in time for Christmas. Now the Walkabout team is trying to collect enough to install more fire resistant water tanks to supplement the sanctuary's fire defences, so all the animals can stay safe at home in the face of these new megafires. They were always ready to defend against 'normal' bushfires. But now they have to defend against these new super-charged megafires. At $38,000 for one tank, the animals need your help. I know many people don't have enough to donate money. You don't need to. You can help just as much by spreading the word. Please share the sanctuary's GoFundMe page so we can reach enough people to buy our tanks and embed more fire defenses to make home safer for all the animals, including the wild wildlife that lives in the bush. Please share the link gf.me/u/wtr99n
