Tuesdays for Tomorrow

~ Conservation Volunteers Australia ~

 

Still no plans for this summer? Why not try something different? Ibex works in alliance with Conservation Volunteers Australia & New Zealand, to give you the chance to not just visit the less explored areas of the continent, but to contribute to improving the lives and livelihoods of their inhabitants.
The program offers an array of project sites to choose from scattered across the land mass, devoted to tackling different causes. All of these are seeing major improvement, and you can be a part of that proud tradition. Over a period of 4-6 weeks, you'll be carted over 2 or 3 problematic areas, trained, taught, and supervised by professionals in the field, while simultaneously living with and learning about people and places across the globe. It will give you the chance to imbibe the best of all worlds and emerge from the other side an a change, and more enriched human being. The project activities range from anywhere between weed control and tree planting, to walking trail construction and heritage restoration. Here's three of the numerous possible locations for you to start your unconventional vacation:

• Kangaroo Valley, NSW – “Chakola”

A two-hour dirve from Sydney and Canberra, Chakola is a desginated wildlife refuge houses a number of iconic Australian species. Here you can find kangaroos, wombats, possums, wallabies, to name a few, as well as native birds like the kookaburra, cockatoo and the lyrebird, which is the English name for the aboriginal word “Chakola”.

• Brookfield, South Australia – Brookfield Conservation Park

North-east of Adelaide, the park is nearby to the River Murray and is part of the country of the Ngaiawang indegenous people of South Australia. This program focuses on research of the endangered Hairy-nosed Wombat and it's habitat, and also works on eradication of the invasive onion weed and collecting local seed for re- vegetation.

• Mt Arthur, Tasmania – Mt Arthur Centre

Mt Arthur occupies 5 hectares of re-generating bushland, creeks and wetlands, and is the home of the endemic and endangered freshwater burrowing crayfish.

Ibex is CVA's sole agent in India, and we're here to guide you through the application process, and help you get ready for your next adventure, so if you're in India, looking for a more unconventional way to start of your Australian tour, get in touch with us, and help you get ready for a life-altering journey.