Conservation Volunteer Bookings

Join CVA at Mt Stradbroke Nature Refuge and lend a helping hand in the removal of noxious weeds which grow quickly and produce dense thickets of foliage that smothers native trees and affects the functioning of the native ecosystem.

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Join us to improve native vegetation at Pipemakers Park in Maribrynong, making it more welcoming to people and native animals alike.

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Patawalonga Creek was once a diverse watercourse running through the Adelaide plains which has now been contained in many places through the suburbs in concrete canals.  There is, however, one part that you can still see some of the original Adelaide Plains creekside where now remains a significant remnant of the Swamp Paperbark plant community.   

This part of the Patawalonga Creek runs through the grounds of Adelaide Airport and with their support Conservation Volunteers and Friends of Patawalonga Creek have been restoring the creek through seed collecting, native vegetation planting, weed control and surveys.  This last little stretch of creek is an important refuge for aquatic life including tortoises, frog and waterbirds.  Its’ Melaleuca trees are state heritage listed and there is also little blue bush that you won’t find in many places.  The site has had fantastic changes over the years thanks to volunteers and it still needs your help to hold back the pressures of surrounding urbanisation.

Come and join our team of volunteers.  It's a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and contribute to improving our environment.

PLEASE NOTE: It is also possible to meet on-site if that is easier for you, but please contact the office so we can confirm the exact meeting location and time.

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St Leonards and Portarlinton house highly significant wetland areas linked to the Swan Bay wetland system. These areas provide important potential habitat for dozens of local and migratory bird species, including the Orange-bellied Parrot. 

Pressures from development and recreational activities are impacting the diverity and environmental integrity of these sites. 

Help us improve and maintain these beautiful locations through such tasks as weed removal, rubbish collection and revegetation.

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Join us at Point Henry Foreshore Reserve to help remove a newly emerging weed from important wetlands and saltmarsh, as well as cleanup the area from other weeds and coastal litter.

Please ensure appropriate clothing is worn for long periods outdoors - this includes sturdy footwear, long pants and long sleeved shirt. Please bring your own lunch and bottle of water.

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Come and join our team on Monday 25th to Wednesday 27thof November at Woorabinda Bushland Reserves (formerly Stirling Linear Park) in the Adelaide Hills.  We will be working with the Friends of Woorabinda Bushland Reserve and Adelaide Hills Council to make a difference in this reserve.

Woorabinda Bushland Reserves is located between Longwood Road and Milan Terrace, Stirling, by joining us you will be helping to protect this amazing reserve in Stirling from invasive weeds.  Woorabinda Reserve contains a tremendous amount of biodiversity from the lake together with its surrounding bushland (Low Open Forest including Cup Gum (E. cosmophylla), Brown Stringybark (E. baxteri) and Messmate Stringybark (E. obliqua) the reserve provides a habitat for birds, fish, reptiles, animals and amphibians.

Woorabinda Reserve provides a great day out while making a difference to our environment and local flora and fauna

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Conservation Volunteers in conjunction with the Friends of Lake Claremont and the Town of Claremont have planted thousands of seedlings at this beautiful site over the last couple of years. Join us to become part of the story as we support the revegetated areas with green stock maintenance and exotic weed removal. 

Lake Claremont has been a multi-use parkland and golf course that has been made a Bush Forever and Conservation Category Wetland site. Due to the impact of clearing the bushland for the golf course, the area has now been targeted for rehabilitation to try and establish a link to surrounding fragmented bushland between Kings Park and the coast. It is an important area for the Carnabys Black Cockatoo who roost and forage in the area.

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Are you looking for a rewarding day out? Conservation Volunteers Australia have the thing for you!

Hay Point Foreshore is a stretch of quiet, sandy beach and luxuriant vegetation overlooking the turquoise waters of the Coral Sea. It is also a critically-endangered ‘beach scrub’ habitat, a remnant of vine forests on coastal sands which once stretched all along the Mackay region’s coastline. Home to many native plants, butterflies, birds and reptiles, it has suffered badly from past clearing and invasion by exotic species and needs some tender care to restore it to its former glory.

We are looking for people passionate about making a difference in the environment and able to lend a hand as we rehabilitate this beautiful area. Activities include planting native plants propagated in the nearby school nursery, maintaining existing plantings and of course some hard yakka handweeding!

Hope to see you there!

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New Zealand's remaining key native ecosystems are threatened by introduced pest animals and plants. On this day we will be restoring sites identified as Key Native Ecosystems (KNE) on Wellington's southern coast which are areas of importance for native wildlife and plants. Free transport to and from projects provided!

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Avalon Coastal Reserve lies on the north side of Corio Bay and contains a variety of habitats, including intertidal mudflats and sandflats, seagrass beds, saltmarsh, small stands of White Mangroves, reed beds, salt evaporation lagoons of the Avalon saltworks and the grass filtration paddocks and sewerage treatment lagoons of the Werribee Treatment Complex.

The fauna values at Avalon Beach are of considerable significance. Notable fauna include the Altona Skipper Butterfly and many species of birds. Of great significance is the Orange-bellied Parrot which feeds on the saltmarsh vegetation during the late autumn and winter months. This species is significantly prone to future threats likely to result in extinction unless measures are taken to protect the habitats it depends on for survival.

Some of the notable flora that occurs at Avalon includes the Salt Club-sedge and Grey Glasswort which are both unusual for the region.

However, Avalon is also a popular location for visitors with a number of houses and fishing shacks, a beach, boat ramp, numerous jetties and rock groynes across the low beach. All this activity has an impact on the habitat values of the area.

Your assistance is needed to help maintain the high environmental values of the area through woody weed control and rubbish collection.

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Time to give the Coastcare group a hand. We'll be spending the day on the very popular and picturesque Seven Mile Beach, where we will be cutting out environmental problems from the dunes

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Perth is home to some of the most pristine beaches in the world. With their crystal clear turquoise waters and clean white sand, our beaches attract crowds of thousands over the summer months. But with increased urban developments, our iconic locations are now under threat from invasion of weed species, decline of native plants and severe erosion from tides, storms and uncontrolled public access.

Join our team leaders for a day on the Yanchep coastline as we help Yanchep Coastcare remove invasive species to reduce erosion and improve habitat, count pollinator species and remove marine debris.

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Join us to assit the National Trust Tasmania with conserving the picturesque parklands of Clarendon Estate, Australia's grandest rural conial estate.

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In collaboration with the Glenelg Hopkins CMA and local farmers, Conservation Volunteers are helping to re-establish habitat on private landowners property in the Coleraine area. This region, although home to beautiful rolling hills and spectacular red gums, is unfortunately prone to substantial erosion and tunneling. CVA are looking to the future and helping to restore some of this changed landscape by planting indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses.

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Conservation Volunteers Fostering Integration Migrant Program offers a diverse range of environmental volunteering opportunities to people who have recently immigrated to Australia. This program will offer opportunties for people to have a hands-on experience with Australian plants and animals and is a great way to meet other like minded people.

THIS PROGRAM IS A CLOSED PROGRAM FOR MIGRANT PEOPLE ONLY. Please do not book onto this program unless you are a migrant Australian.

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Come and join the team as we improve habitat for squirrel gliders in Gold Reserve, Bracken Ridge by removing weeds and planting fire retardant vegetation species to increase habitat availability and resilience in Brisbane.

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Sir Joseph Banks Park is a very significant nature reserve on the Botany foreshore. It provides natural habitat for native flora and fauna species and is home to the endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub and many other vulnerable native species. With support from NSW Ports and Bayside Council, we are there to give it a helping hand and to make it an incredible place to be for the local community, recreation, education and conservation awareness.

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The Borough of Queenscliffe in conjuction with Conservation Volunteers Australia manages and maintains numerous reserves located along the foreshore stretching from Queenscliff to Point Lonsdale. 

Come join us in beautiful and scenic surrounds and assist in the effort to protect and enhance this amazing environment.

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Every Tuesday and some weekends Conservation Volunteers are out and about at different parks around Auckland.

This week we're at Point England Reserve where we'll be doing a variety of tasks from targeting environmental pest plants, mulching, planting and monitoring.

It’s part of an initiative between Conservation Volunteers New Zealand and the Auckland Council to help bring biodiversity back to our central parks and to give people who are interested in conservation a chance to get involved.

Conservation Volunteers NZ experienced team leaders guide the programme and aim to teach volunteers about all aspects of conservation, including plant identification and planting techniques.

Join us and help out your local parks.

Bookings are essential.  Phone  0800 56 76 86or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz 

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Creekwatch is an opportunity to learn more about our waterways and how to keep them healthy.  Come along for a day or two to collect water quality data, search for native fish species, identifiy macro invertibrates (water bugs), conduct bird surveys and collect rubbish along the waterways. 

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