Volunteers Peter and Geoff hard at mulching
Rocky Hill is a 50 hectare white box gum community located in Kooringal, close to central Wagga.
Our South Wagga Rotary led Community based Rocky Hill Regeneration volunteers are working to make it a better environment for: native plants, animals and people who use it for recreation.
What could you do as a potential volunteer on/for Rocky Hill?
There are many opportunities:
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on site
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learning new skills while volunteering in small group working bees
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flexible volunteering to suit your availability
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remote
On site
Would you like to volunteer on site?
There are many options for volunteering on site!
Some of these might involve developing a new skill including:
- Propagating and nurturing developing native plants.
- Mapping native plants.
- Documenting plant progress and biodiversity visually.
- Documenting bird biodiversity visually.
- Documenting fauna biodiversity visually.
- Removing woody weeds – learn a new skill whipper-snipping or sawing with a reciprocating saw,
or using those already acquired, including:
- Planting, mulching, watering and maintaining native plants.
- Removing woody weeds – learn a new skill or use an already acquired one to decrease weeds by whipper-snipping, hand weeding, sawing.
Contact us and make new friends while joining us in our efforts to preserve and enhance Rocky Hill’s natural environment. Learn about various ways you can contribute, from volunteering for conservation projects to making donations. Together, we can ensure that Rocky Hill remains a thriving ecosystem for generations to come.
Remote volunteering
Would you like to volunteer remotely?
There are many options for volunteering remotely, whether located in or near Kooringal’s Rocky Hill or a world away!
Some of these include:
- Developing our website.
- Helping maintain our website
- Developing our volunteer policies and procedures
- Linking our visual document progress of biodiversity online.
- Helping source quotes
- Designing Posters and information cards
- Helping writing grant applications.
- Developing and maintaining our image database
- Developing and Maintaining our social media, currently Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
Flexible volunteering to suit your availability
There are many things you can do to help assist in preserving Rocky Hill:
- Enjoy your time on Rocky Hill
- Explore what Rocky Hill has to offer you.
- Engage in volunteering on Rocky Hill:
- Watering newly planted natives
- Mulching newly planted natives
- Replanting natives – shrubs, grasses, forbs and trees)
- Weeding of invasive species
- Helping develop our:
- website
- Pest Control & Management
- Documenting:
- Flora (Plants, both native and introduced)
- Fauna (Animals, including Birds, kangaroos, wallabies, snakes, lizards, insects etc)
- Sharing information including images and sightings.
- Assisting in writing grant applications.
Join us to help make Kooringal’s Rocky Hill a better environment.
Learn new skills while volunteering in small group working bees
All ages, cultures and abilities welcome!
Why not visit and see for yourself!
If interested in Volunteering contact rockyhillreserve@gmail.com
Please note this website is still undergoing development. While we value your feedback at any stage please be aware that changes continue after the website was launched on World Environment Day, Wednesday 5th June 2024.
