When: 07-Jan-2008 08:30 AM to 07-Dec-2008 12:30 PM

Where: Raven Street Reserve, QLD

Where: Various, QLD

Where: various - see web link, SA

Where: Toowoomba, QLD

Where: Various, QLD

Where: Western Coast of Cape York, QLD

Tiwest Night Stalk provides a snapshot of species diversity in rural and metropolitan Australia. Results are published on the Night Stalk website and made available to state conservation agencies. It's easy and anyone can do it!

All you need is a torch and a sense of adventure. Information for a successful Tiwest Night Stalk, including instructions and your own spotters log, is available at www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/nightstalk.

Your survey can be completed anywhere in Australia and on any night/s from 1 September to 16 October 2008.

When: 01-Sep-2008 to 16-Oct-2008

Where: Australia-wide, WA

Where: Marlborough Queensland, QLD

Volunteers spend approximately 2-3 hours each morning collecting data on turtle nesting beaches from December to February each year. No previous experience is necessary to participate as a "Turtle Tracker" but volunteers must be able to walk up to 3km of beach every day, sometimes over rocky terrain, in hot weather.

Volunteer Opportunities

• "Turtle tracking" - beach monitoring
• Data entry
• Remote camping and monitoring on the Ningaloo Reef beaches.
• Educational activities and interpretive talks at the newly established Jurabi Turtle Centre
• Assist with Turtle Rescues.
• Complete a TAFE certified Turtle Tour Guiding Course
• Obtain training in interaction protocols and assist turtle-visitor interactions on the beaches at night.
• Regular social events
• Leadership and organizational opportunities as a team leader.
• Internship with CALM and the Ningaloo Turtle Program
• Field methodology trainers

The Cape Conservation Group (CCG), Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) Exmouth District and David Waayers, PhD Candidate, Murdoch University (MU) formally established the Ningaloo Community Turtle Monitoring Program in 2002, with the assistance of a Threatened Species Network Grant and the involvement of WWF Australia. Since then, it has grown with a high level of interest from the local community of Exmouth, Western Australia and even overseas. The Program has become an excellent example of a collaborative conservation initiative with a high level of community involvement.

When: 01-Oct-2008 to 01-Aug-2009

Where: Exmouth, WA

The 2008 BioBlitz - an intensive 24-hour biological survey - will be conducted in the Corrigin Reserve 18-19 October 2008. Anyone interested in participating in the BioBlitz - and no experience is required - is welcome to join the teams of scientists and others who will be combing the Corrigin Reserve to find as many species as possible during the intensive 24-hour survey.

Survey teams will focus on birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and flowering plants. There will even be a unique opportunity to see the famous and very rare Corrigin Grevillea. The Corrigin Reserve is one of the largest patches of bushland in the Central Wheatbelt. Although its botany has been well documented in the past, this will be a fantastic opportunity to discover what animals are living in the reserve. It will also be a chance to confirm recent sightings of malleefowl that have never been officially recorded.

All of the animals recorded on the days will be compiled in a report to the Corrigin Shire, detailing the reserve's biological diversity, the presence of rare and threatened species, and other information to assist in the long-term management of the reserve.

So why not come along and join the fun, or let someone else know who you think may be interested? All meals are included and there'll be lots of camp sites to go around.

When: 18-Oct-2008 12:00 PM to 19-Oct-2008 01:00 PM

Where: Corrigin Reserve, WA

This study will continue the last two years' research to provide information on pre- and post-dispersal movements of mother and young and on survivorship at the pre-adult stage. As our tracking rosters require a stable team for a week at a time, there are two time slots available for volunteers, during which we need you to be present for the whole period: Monday October 20th to Monday October 27th, and Monday October 27th to Monday November 3rd 2008.

Volunteers will be working in teams of 4 and going out for shifts on the tracking stations, during daylight hours (well the afternoon shift will go till just after dark). There will be other work activities going on, including searching for numbats in other parts of Dryandra.

All food and accommodation (in the Lions Dryandra Woodland Village) provided. You just have to get yourself to Dryandra, a two-hour drive from Perth, 3.5 hours from Albany. Unfortunately we can't provide transport from Perth, but can do a pick-up from the Transwa bus stop in Narrogin. Please let me know by email if you can come. You can do two weeks if you want to!

When: 20-Oct-2008 to 03-Nov-2008

Where: Dryandra, WA

Where: Lions Dryandra Woodland Village, WA