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Rescue Rehabilitate Release, Mernda (2026)

05/11/2026

Today was one of those “Sh*tty” Days…

Started off late, due to some personal things going on at home.
But once on the road, Chelsea and I headed over to Mickleham for a kangaroo that had been “trapped” in a paddock for 3 weeks.
Ironically enough, I have attended to the same paddock before, around 2 years ago.

Anyway, we walked the fence line trying to find him, couldn’t see him and then Chelsea spotted him aaaaaaaand he also spotted us…
He stood up and hopped off into the middle of the paddock.
I could tell something was wrong but didn’t know exactly what.
I could see that he looked a little “tight” in his legs, but that was about it.
I did notice though after he stopped, his wrist was broken and it appeared to be fused.

After watching him for around 30 mins, it was safe to say that he wasn’t coming back from the middle of the paddock.
We were going to have to come back.
There were also goats in there and 2 in particular with horns, really really really, big horns 😳

While we’re out in Mickleham, the message went out for an injured roo in Diamond Creek.
I had to pick my daughter up from school early before I could do anything else.
Picked her up and headed straight to Diamond Creek where the wonderful Jan had been waiting and protecting this darling roo for nearly 1.5 hours.

On a windy road, parked her car to protect the roo, she slowed cars down, directed traffic.
She was absolutely amazing 🥹

When Chelsea and I arrived, we could see how badly injured this old girl was. We knew straight away she was not going to be able to be rehabilitated.
We got the blanket over her and placed her in front of the car.
Her jaw and nose all smashed and she had so many different stages of maggots in her gum line.
In between her teeth.
In the holes that the teeth once were.
She was an absolute mess.
We ended her suffering and placed her body down in a spot where she would have grazed and raised her joeys.
Checked her teat for milk and she will have an old enough Joey out there somewhere. Most likely with the family where they will watch over the little one.

Back to Mickleham.
This time our boy was in a better position where we were able to assess him better and it wasn’t the news we were hoping for.
It was actually s**t.

He did have a broken wrist but that had all fused. There was no heat. No infection.
Look, I’m sure that he would have suffered arthritis in his older years but that wasn’t the issue.
I would have been happy to release him with that injury, he was clearly coping.

Osteomyelitis in his balance toe.
Infection in the bone.
It had started to travel from his toe, up his foot.
He was so sore to touch. He flinched even with the slightest pressure.
He had also started to lost some of his muscle tone.
We sat there in disbelief and absolutely shattered.

This was most likely why he was trapped in there for 3 weeks. It was too sore to try and push off it to jump the fence.
That was a hard call.
We were hoping for a better outcome for him.

It’s Just not fair.
They suffer in silence

Many animals can feel pain and there is no moral justification for treating their pain as less important than similar amounts of pain felt by humans.
-Peter Singer (Animal Liberation Now)

Thanks Chelsea for all your help today ♥️

03/11/2026

I hear this a lot from people…
“I don’t know how you do it”
And my reply is the same each and every time.
Love.
Pure love.

But seriously, I sometimes don’t know how I do it either.
Because who in their right mind would willingly put themselves through this?
You are constantly dealing with death and broken bodies.
You see the cruelty. You hear the stories. You read the comments and the awful things people write about these animals across social media.

Sometimes, I honestly believe kangaroos are among the most hated animals in the world.

After I euthanised this boy, on my way home I saw a beautiful mob grazing and interacting together.
A little Joey was out of mums pouch doing zoomies (the cutest thing)
A male gently touching the nose of a pretty female.
An at foot Joey finding his or her own semi independence.

And the rest of the mob?
Just going about their day. Grazing, socialising, being together.
Not hurting anyone.
Not causing any harm.
Just living their lives, as their ancestors have done for thousands upon thousands of years.
Completely innocent…

I even said out loud while taking in this moment, “how the f**k can you hurt them”.
I’ll never understand it.
And I’ll never accept any of the reasons why.

So, how can I do what I do…
Love.
Not just any love.

A love that makes you keep showing up, even when it hurts.
A love that makes you fight for those who cannot speak for themselves.
A love that sees beyond the labels, the hatred and the misconceptions.

Love. Pure. Unconditional love.

Because despite everything these animals endure, I still see everything in them that makes them worth fighting for

02/11/2026

This is exactly why it is SO important to report ANY animal that has been hit by a car, at ANY speed.

This poor boy travelled nearly 260 metres on a badly broken leg after being hit by a car this morning.

He could have ended up laying in that paddock, suffering , until eventually he died. And who knows how long that would have taken.
Even if he had managed to move around, chances are nobody would have given him a second thought.
From a distance, he would have looked like just another kangaroo in a paddock.

I spoke with the member of the public who had accidentally hit him. She told me:
“I thought he would be okay. I didn’t think I’d hit him that hard. But then I saw his foot and knew he wasn’t good. He managed to get off the road, through a fence and took off into the paddock.”

But thank goodness she did three very important things.
She made the call.
She dropped a pin to mark the location.
She tied something to the fence where he had gone through.

I accepted the case and got the details from Wildlife Victoria.
Popped the pin into my GPS, drove to the exact location, found the bag hanging on the fence and make my way into the paddock.
After a bit of walking, I found him.

It’s not difficult to make a phone call.
If you can drop a GPS pin, even better.
If you can leave something visible on the fence or nearby to help us locate the animal, that’s fantastic.
But above everything else, PLEASE make the call.

You simply cannot know the extent of an animal’s injuries by how hard you think you hit them.
The injuries sustained by wildlife after being struck by a vehicle can be horrific.
Broken limbs, internal injuries and unimaginable pain can be hidden from view.

And as you can see in examples like this, please don’t assume they’re okay. Please don’t drive away and hope for the best.
Because nothing deserves to be left suffering in pain when we have the ability to help

01/11/2026

No matter what you do…
No matter how many posts you make…
No matter how many comments you leave…
No matter how many times you plead, PLEASE…
The message either isn’t getting through, or people simply don’t care enough to listen.

I see it a lot on posts about kangaroos and other wildlife hit by cars.
“There needs to be more signs.”
Honestly?
The signs are already there.
And they’re not making the difference people seem to think they are.

The number of kangaroos that I, and other rescuers, have attended to right beside these very signs is concerning.
These aren’t animals being hit in places where drivers have no warning.
In so many cases, the warning is right there, in plain sight.

A standard yellow diamond kangaroo crossing sign does not indicate a fixed crossing distance on its own, but it warns you that you are entering an area where wild animals frequently cross the road.
These signs are generally positioned in areas where potential hazards are to give motorists time to react.

What good is a warning if drivers see it, acknowledge it, and carry on at full speed regardless?

No excuses, the signs are there.
No excuses, the warnings are there.
And obviously, the wildlife are there.

And yet, kangaroos continue to be hit, injured, left suffering on the roadside, and or killed.

We can put up all the signs in the world, but they cannot slow a car down.
They cannot make someone pay attention.
They cannot make someone care.

But Please, when you see a wildlife warning sign, don’t just drive past it and think nothing of it.
They’re put in places for yours and the animals safety.
Back off the accelerator.
Be a little more aware
The warnings are there, clear as day.

The question is… are we willing to listen?

24/10/2026

Today we celebrate the animal that has my heart completely…. The Kangaroo

World Kangaroo Day is a day to celebrate these beautiful misunderstood animals.

A day to recognise their worth.
A day to honour their roots in this country.
A day to understand just how truly magical they are.
And a day to open our hearts and minds to the sentient beings they are, with feelings, emotions, family bonds and a will to live.

Because if you allow yourself to look beyond the misconceptions, you might just discover what I have come to know and love so deeply.

These animals have almost everything stacked against them.
A government that, in my opinion, places commercial interests above their welfare, while their numbers are managed through policies that permit killing.

Their skins and meat are exported overseas.
They are slaughtered in a commercial industry that raises serious concerns about oversight, animal welfare and accountability.

They are shot on the land they have called home for thousands of years, because they are accused of competing with introduced livestock for grass.

They lose their homes to development.
They lose their lives due to cars, dog attacks, fences, cruelty just to name a few.
Not enough is being done to protect these animals.
A protected animal on paper but not in reality.

For me, World Kangaroo day is everyday.
Seeing their beauty.
Seeing their family connections.
Their bonds.
Their love.
Their grief.
Looking into their eyes, I’ve said it 100 times, they see your soul.
To gain their trust is a gift.
To gain their love is an honour
And to simply be in their presence is a privilege.

Please, allow yourself to look beyond the hate, the labels and the mistruths.
Allow yourself to learn, to question what you’ve been told.
And allow yourself, to see these animals for who they truly are.
Because if you allow yourself to look beyond the misconceptions, you might just discover what I have…

…that they are so much more than the world has ever given them credit for, and that once you truly see them, you can never look at them the same way again. 🦘❤

24/10/2026

Today we celebrate the animal that has my heart completely…. The Kangaroo

World Kangaroo Day is a day to celebrate these beautiful misunderstood animals.

A day to recognise their worth.
A day to honour their roots in this country.
A day to understand just how truly magical they are.
And a day to open our hearts and minds to the sentient beings they are, with feelings, emotions, family bonds and a will to live.

Because if you allow yourself to look beyond the misconceptions, you might just discover what I have come to know and love so deeply.

These animals have almost everything stacked against them.
A government that, in my opinion, places commercial interests above their welfare, while their numbers are managed through policies that permit killing.

Their skins and meat are exported overseas.
They are slaughtered in a commercial industry that raises serious concerns about oversight, animal welfare and accountability.

They are shot on the land they have called home for thousands of years, because they are accused of competing with introduced livestock for grass.

They lose their homes to development.
They lose their lives due to cars, dog attacks, fences, cruelty just to name a few.
Not enough is being done to protect these animals.
A protected animal on paper but not in reality.

For me, World Kangaroo day is everyday.
Seeing their beauty.
Seeing their family connections.
Their bonds.
Their love.
Their grief.
Looking into their eyes, I’ve said it 100 times, they see your soul.
To gain their trust is a gift.
To gain their love is an honour
And to simply be in their presence is a privilege.

Please, allow yourself to look beyond the hate, the labels and the mistruths.
Allow yourself to learn, to question what you’ve been told.
And allow yourself, to see these animals for who they truly are.
Because if you allow yourself to look beyond the misconceptions, you might just discover what I have…

…that they are so much more than the world has ever given them credit for, and that once you truly see them, you can never look at them the same way again. 🦘❤

23/10/2026

Thankfully, she was called in by a gentleman walking his dog.
Although it looks like it’s in the middle of nowhere, this was only 100metres from where she would have most likely been hit, on a suburban street.

Who knows how long she took to get to where she would take her last breath, but as you can see, the injury wasn’t a day old.
A few days old at least.

And this is why, we constantly say, please….if you hit one and it “hops” off, make the call, this is a roo hopping off!

This is a “it’s fine, I didn’t hit it hard”
This is a “it’s fine, it looked to be ok”
This is a “it’s fine, I just clipped it”

Yes, sometimes they are fine, but in most circumstances, they’re not.
Like the boy yesterday, smashed jaw. Unable to eat or drink.
But we have found them with broken legs, jaws, tails, ribs, internal injuries, head injuries, deep lacerations.
Just to name a few injuries…

Some of these beautiful animals can be rehabilitated. Others sustain injuries so severe that, euthanasia is the kindest option.
But please understand this, there is a world of difference between an animal being euthanised and an animal being left to suffer for days, sometimes weeks, with injuries that could have been treated or a life that could have been ended peacefully & respectfully.

NO animal deserves that!

Please take a few minutes to prepare now, because if you’re in this situation, it’s a much quicker process to already have numbers saved.

Google wildlife rescue now.
Take down a few numbers for your area.
Ask on community pages (just be prepared for some pretty s**tty comments) if anyone has the number of a wildlife rescuer for your area in case of emergency.

You’re not going to get into trouble.
You don’t have to stay.
Just please make the call with as much information as possible.
A pin drop.
Tie something to a tree/post.
Look for a landmark.
Take photos.
Just to help a rescuer save time by driving up and down.

Thank you also to everyone that donates to me.
You are the reason why I can keep doing what I do.
I appreciate you all so very much.

For those who would like to contribute towards my rescue work, donations are always deeply appreciated.

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22/10/2026

After dropping off the kids, it was right into it…

Chelsea and I headed to Eden Park to a roo that had been hanging around a property for the last 4 days.
He had tucked himself away in their hay shed.

When we pulled up, we could see the swarm of big blowflies flies hovering and flying all around him.
He was so emaciated too. You could see his hip bones protruding and you could see how starved he was of food.

Barely moving, I was able to sneak up to him and blanket him as he had his head down.
He didn’t move an inch.
His jaw broken.
His teeth broken.
He wasn’t able to eat or most likely drink.
He had been trying to survive the last 4 days in the heat.
Flies had started to lay their eggs in the corners of his mouth. It wouldn’t have been long that he had had to deal with maggots in his mouth on top of everything he was going through.

Next off to Bulla for a pouch check, which was closer to Sunbury.
A female with a deceased viable join her pouch.
The Joey was deceased with significant bruising all around the little ones back/chest/stomach/head.
I hope that death was Instant for both of them.

While so close to Sunbury, We then accepted a case for a Welcome Swallow bub who had come out of the nest.
Thankfully Mum and Dad were still feeding the little
One who was as bright as a button.
We headed down to Bunnings to get a few items and set the little one up in a makeshift nest.
Given that the parents were still constantly attending to the little one, we wanted to leave Bub with Mum and Dad to have the best chance.
The property owners are going to keep us in the loop to see how the little one is travelling.

Off to another case on the way back over to our area. A roo with a broken leg. Sadly euthanised.

Then to a fence hanger.
This 6kg Joey had been cut out of a fence.
When we arrived, he was standing on the side of the road all by himself.
Ohhhhh dear…..
let’s hope this doesn’t turn to s**t….

Thankfully we were able to contain Bub with some gentle clucking and communication.

Straight off to Greencross South Morang where Scott was waiting for us and everything ready to go.
With some X-rays done to rule out any dislocations or minor fractures (he was caught by one leg and was able to push off with his other so he was thrashing a bit) Some good Pain Relief to help and fluids as always.
With the wounds all flushed out and dressed… little “Kermit” was all ready to come home
Thank you again Scott & Greencross South Morang

He will stay with me until Saturday, where he will then go off to his forever home with a shelter that does Fence hangers and where he will be released on their property ♥️

With a quick outing with my daughter, we came across this pouch check on our way home.
He had been there for hours.
Sadly, no phone calls.
Very lucky it wasn’t a female with a Joey in the pouch.
Given how hot it was today, the Joey would have cooked in the pouch.

Thank you Chelsea for all your help today ♥️

21/10/2026

Seriously….if there was an award, for Vet Clinic of the year, then the team at Greencross Vets South Morang would win HANDS DOWN 🙌🙌

Rescued this little darling today and after a quick examination, I couldn’t find the source of the blood that was left behind in the garage that it was in.

Called South Morang and Scott said, bring it straight in.
After a chat with Healesville Sanctuary about medications, Scott had made a device to help administer the gas for the anaesthetic!
An echidna isn’t their usual customer… but sure enough…the tool worked and the little one was having lovely snoozies while an Xray was performed.

With Just a little scrape under the “chin” it was cleaned up And under the advice from Healesville…it was time to send the little one home.

Sadly the echidna was found in a suburban street so I had to get it as close as possible to where it was found. I found the area which I believe that it has come from so have released it back there.
Hopefully no more visiting peoples houses and no more scrapes on chins ♥️

Thank you to the wonderful Vets and Vet Nurses at Greencross Vets South Morang.
You always go above and beyond for our wildlife.
Please know how appreciated you all are 🥰

20/10/2026

Little “KiKi” was rescued this morning after the property owner found Mum deceased on the property and her still in the pouch.
With some guidance over the phone, he was able to safely take Bub out of the pouch and keep her contained.

When picking her up, the gentleman who took her out of the pouch noticed a slice on her ankle.
With a quick call to Greencross Vets South Morang, Vet Nurse Scott said to bring her down for assessment.

With the wound required some stitches, Dr Kayla ever so carefully sutured up the wound.
A little stay in the “hospital” with everyone fussing over her ♥️ she was all ready to go.
Thank you everyone for looking after her ♥️

Kiki is off to her forever home most likely tomorrow where she will be able to recover, heal, feel safe, be loved, make friends and eventually be released.

Also a HUGE thank you to Dr Ellen for her suturing of a big boy yesterday. You did a wonderful job 🥰