DISCOVER MORE ABOUT MEELUP REGIONAL PARK BY BECOMING A VOLUNTEER

 

Become a Volunteer

Volunteering is a great way to meet people. You can get involved in important projects to help conserve and protect our natural environment. There are many benefits of volunteering such as learning more about plants and wildlife, gaining new skills, being in the outdoors and socialising. Research has shown that volunteering, especially in nature, is great for your mind, body and spirt!

The Meelup volunteers are an active and very capable team supported by the City of Busselton's Meelup Environment Officer. The dedicated group of volunteers meet each week to undertake environmental activities in the Park including weed control, revegetation, removing tree guards, pruning trails, making rock gabions for erosion control, rare flora surveys, vegetation monitoring, visitor surveys and beach clean-ups. It's a great way to meet like-minded people and work together to actively conserve the environment. Support is provided by the City of Busselton with technical advice, project funding, training and the provision of insurance for volunteers.

In addition to this work, volunteers can also get involved in various projects during the year including the Annual Cockatoo count, Hooded plover surveys, Black cockatoo nesting hollow monitoring, Tangoroa Blue beach clean-up days, bird surveys, research projects, visitor surveys, public education and working with school groups. The volunteer work undertaken in the Meelup Regional Park is a huge effort from the local community who generously donate their time to contribution to environmental.

If you would like to join the Meelup volunteers please complete the Environmental Volunteer Sheet below or contact our Meelup Environment Officer on (08) 9781 1721 or email Joe.Caspersz-Loney@busselton.wa.gov.au if you would like further details.

Environmental Volunteer Sheet

Please complete the form below. * These are compulsory fields
APPLICANT DETAILS
EMERGENCY CONTACT
MEDICAL INFORMATION
Note: All volunteers with pre-existing medical conditions are required to notify the City Environment Officer and fill in another form. Volunteers are responsible for management of their own medical conditions. Medical claims for pre-existing conditions are excluded under Council insurance.
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SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
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AVALAIBILITY
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
I acknowledge that I have read and understood the following, and that I;
• Acknowledge that health and safety are the responsibility of all those involved in the Group’s activities and workplace.
• Will not operate chainsaws without written approval from the City.
• Will wear appropriate protective clothing at all times.
• Will ensure that all children under my care will be supervised at all times.
• Will maintain an accurate record of my time spent on environmental activities working as part of this Environment Group for examination by the City and Insurance Company in the case of an accident.
• Recognises that, for insurance purposes, we are acting in our own right and not linked to any incorporated Group.
• Recognises that insurance cover will only be available on reserves vested in the City of Busselton and that the City will not accept responsibility for any activities undertaken on other reserves.
• Will ensure that I only undertake environment activities during times designated by the Environment group.

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CARING FOR MEELUP PARK

You can help preserve this special place in the following ways:


Stay on designated trails  |  Do not light fires in the park  |  Park in designated areas  |  Leave your pets at home  |  Use the bins and toilets provided  |  Do not dump garden waste  |  No Camping

GET IN TOUCH

Telephone: (08) 9781 0444
Email: city@busselton.wa.gov.au