Australian Ecosystems Foundation & Secret Creek Sanctuary

Australian Ecosystems Foundation & Secret Creek Sanctuary Non profit environmental organisation protecting native species by conserving habitat and ecological processes. Our main reserve is Secret Creek Sanctuary.

Aus ecosystems foundation spend less than 10% of their funds on administration, the rest going to solid on ground conservation work.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† โ€” ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ...
19/06/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† โ€” ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ.
The building is here but we need your help to bring it to life.

Weโ€™re working hard to open the Wollemi Wildlife Hospital so native wildlife across the Central West and Blue Mountains can get urgent, local care. Weโ€™re still a long way from our $250,000 goal.

If youโ€™re able to donate or share, it truly helps.
https://double-the-impact-wollemi-wildlife-hospital.raiselysite.com/

Full story belowโ€ฆ

At Secret Creek Sanctuary, we care for endangered native species and run vital breeding programs โ€” but weโ€™re not allowed to take in injured wildlife from the public. When people call us for help, all we can do is refer them to volunteer wildlife carers, who do extraordinary work with very limited resources.

Local vets do an incredible job under pressure. Theyโ€™re also running busy practices, and when wildlife comes through the door, they arenโ€™t paid for that work either. They do it because they care โ€” even when it adds strain to an already full day, and even when they donโ€™t have the specialist facilities or expertise that complex wildlife cases need.

Volunteer wildlife carers step in to help โ€” often driving long distances, paying for supplies themselves, and doing it all for love. They donโ€™t get paid for the countless hours they spend rescuing, feeding, treating and rehabilitating native animals. What the Wollemi Wildlife Hospital will do is give carers and vets somewhere to turn when cases need specialist facilities or wildlifeโ€‘specific veterinary expertise that simply isnโ€™t available in our region right now.

Across the Central West and Blue Mountains, this gap means long travel times, delayed treatment, and far too often - heartbreaking losses.

The Wollemi Wildlife Hospital will change that.
It will support:
โ€ข the endangered animals already in Secret Creek Sanctuary's care
โ€ข volunteer wildlife carers across the region
โ€ข local vets who need specialist backup
โ€ข members of the public who find injured native animals

Weโ€™re working hard to bring this hospital to life, but we need help to get there.
If you can donate or share the fundraiser, it truly makes a difference.
https://double-the-impact-wollemi-wildlife-hospital.raiselysite.com/

๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐”๐ฌ, ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.  This kookaburra received care when the Matilda Mobile Hospital visited โ€” but without our own wildli...
09/06/2026

๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐”๐ฌ, ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.
This kookaburra received care when the Matilda Mobile Hospital visited โ€” but without our own wildlife hospital finished, others wouldnโ€™t be so lucky.
Your taxโ€‘deductible EOFY donation will be doubled and helps us open the Wollemi Wildlife Hospital sooner.
To Donate: https://double-the-impact-wollemi-wildlife-hospital.raiselysite.com/

03/06/2026

๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐Ž๐…๐˜
This little joey was brought to a wildlife carer and treated during the recent visit from the Matilda Mobile Wildlife Hospital. Encounters like this remind us how urgently our region needs a permanent facility for injured and orphaned native animals.

Thanks to a generous supporter, all donations to our Wollemi Wildlife Hospital campaign are currently ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐, helping us complete the final clinical fitโ€‘out before opening.

With the end of financial year approaching, this is a meaningful time to support the project as all donations over $2 are ๐ญ๐š๐ฑโ€‘๐๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž, and every contribution is doubled while the match is active.

If youโ€™re able to donate or share the campaign, it truly helps us get the doors open for the animals who need it most.
Click the link to see the campaign details.
https://double-the-impact-wollemi-wildlife-hospital.raiselysite.com/

๐€๐๐‚ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒโ€‘๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ!From six possums to around 36 โ€” and a real chance at surviva...
25/04/2026

๐€๐๐‚ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒโ€‘๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ!

From six possums to around 36 โ€” and a real chance at survival as the climate warms.

Proud of our team, our partners, and this tiny but mighty species.

Here is the link to the story that aired this morning on ABC
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-25/mountain-pygmy-possum-population-threatened-climate-change/106561520

Support the work: https://www.ausecosystems.org.au/donate

Trevor Evans has been breeding the endangered mountain pygmy possum to better deal with the effects of climate change. The population at his sanctuary has grown rapidly in the process.

The sun is rising after the dawn service, here at secret creek sanctuary  its another beautiful  Autumn day  remember an...
25/04/2026

The sun is rising after the dawn service, here at secret creek sanctuary its another beautiful Autumn day remember and thank our service men and woman on this day . Stay safe
Lest we forget

AEFIโ€™s Annual General Meeting is this Sunday at 10am at Gardens of Stone Visitors Centre, 35 Crane Road, Lithgow.Current...
21/04/2026

AEFIโ€™s Annual General Meeting is this Sunday at 10am at
Gardens of Stone Visitors Centre, 35 Crane Road, Lithgow.

Current financial members are invited to join us for the AGM.

If youโ€™re already a financial member, we look forward to *seeing* you on Sunday.

If youโ€™re not currently a member but would like to support AEFIโ€™s conservation work, youโ€™re welcome to join or renew at any time โ€” your membership will help strengthen our ongoing projects and community impact

Join or renew here: www.ausecosystems.org.au/members

Open for Easter Sunday! Worth a visit.
04/04/2026

Open for Easter Sunday! Worth a visit.

OPEN EASTER SUNDAY
Because some things are too good to close for a weekend!

This Easter Sunday, Secret Creek Wildlife Sanctuary in Lithgow is open 10am-4pm - and we'd love to see you here.

Whether you're in Lithgow or the Blue Mountains, heading out to Bathurst, or making the drive between Sydney and the Central West - Lithgow is an easy stop.

Come check out the emus, dingos, koalas, Tasmanian devils and many more!!!

Grab a bite at our onsite cafe, connect to Country on Wiradjuri land, and give your family an Easter Sunday they'll remember.

35 Crane Road, Lithgow NSW
Open 10am โ€“ 4pm Wednesdays to Sundays www.secretcreek.au

04/03/2026
Please join us on Friday 6th March!
28/02/2026

Please join us on Friday 6th March!

Join us next Friday from 10:00am at Secret Creek in Lithgow for a very special community event.

We are proud to host Wildlife Recovery Australiaโ€™s Mobile Wildlife Hospital, Matilda, at our new Wollemi Wildlife Hospital.

Highlights include:

- Smoking Ceremony and talk with Bob Sutor, local One Mob elder
- Guest speakers including Paul Toole MP
our local member
- Talk and Q&A from Dr. Stephen Van Mill & Trevor Evans from Secret Creek
- Sausage sizzle & site tours at Midday
- Preview the new Wollemi Wildlife Hospital building ahead of its opening.

Everyone welcome!
Sanctuary entry costs apply if you would also like to visit the sanctuary on the day.

Come celebrate wildlife, community and culture with us.๐Ÿ’š

Address

35 Crane Road
Lithgow, NSW
2790

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