What it means to be a Walkabout Partner
Why our partnerships are so important.
The reason we can do as much as we do for wildlife, is because our partners help us. We can’t afford to pay for everything our animals need, and all the environmental work we do, with dollars. But we can offer “in kind” value to our partners. We share what we have and our partners value with our partners. Our partners share what they have and what we need with us. It is these partnerships that make it possible for us to feed and care for nearly 400 animals, buy plane tickets for the animals we fly across Australia to wild release sites, maintain our wildlife sanctuary as a safe place where people can experience what animals need, do what we can for our local community, and welcome those who want to learn how to care for country following ancient traditional Aboriginal lore.
Our partners are so generous with their time and support, often at significant cost and personal inconvenience.
Some of our partners are large organisations, others are tiny local businesses or business people. To us they are all the same. Within each organisation, our partners are a team of amazing individuals – people who have taken the time to learn about what we do, who care as passionately about wildlife and ‘connecting with country’ as we do, and who have decided to help us to keep doing what we do, and to do more where we can!
- Kincumber Produce & Pet Supplies – donates the seeds and grain for our farmyard poultry (geese, ducks, chickens, jungle fowl)
- Coles West Gosford – donates meat, fruit and vegetables for our animals (Tasmanian devils, flying foxes, bilbies, cockatoos)
- Woolworths Erina Fair – donates meat, fruit and vegetables for our animals (dingoes, bandicoots, quolls, wombats)
- Sally Jane Smith – author, tells the world Walkabout’s story
- Victoria Twead – author, tells the world Walkabout’s story
- Ausgrid – give us advice and support as we steer our wildlife sanctuary towards a more sustainable future and a lower environmental footprint
- CREST Community Radio Emergency Services Team NSW – installed and maintains our radio infrastructure
- Radio Warehouse Pty Ltd – donated 15 CB radios to our team to help keep us safe in the wild environment we work in
- GoEco – sends volunteers to Walkabout from all over the world to help us do our work
- LOOP Abroad – partners with Walkabout to deliver in-the-field training for hundreds of pre-veterinary students from all over the world
- Somersby Animal Hospital – subsidises their veterinary services to us so we can afford to provide life-long care for nearly 400 animals, many who come to us because they have health problems
- Wildtribe – graphic design consultants who helped us develop our brand and take it out to the world via our website, so people can know what we do
