Kings Run Conservation Project
Tarkine, Tasmania, Australia
Where Tarkine, Tasmania, Australia
When September to April
The Work

• Coastal rehabilitation

• Shoreline bird population surveys

• Tasmanian devil monitoring

 
Accomodation Camping
Return Launceston, TAS, Australia
Group Size Max 11, min 6 participants

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About the Project

King’s Run is a 340-hectare property in north-west Tasmania, 280 kilometres west of Launceston.  The area boasts rugged coastal scenery, rich Aboriginal heritage and abundant wildlife, and is home to the world’s second-largest expanse of temperate rainforest, known as the Tarkine.  The iconic Tasmanian Devil occurs in the region, and local animals remain free of the Devil Facial Tumour Disease that has devastated populations elsewhere.

In 1999, owner Geoff King ceased cattle farming on the property to allow regrowth of the native vegetation and began working to regenerate the eroded coastal dunes, with the aim of establishing a refuge for wildlife.  Today, Red-necked Wallabies, Common Wombats, Short-beaked Echidnas and a host of birds thrive on the property, while the more secretive Tasmanian Devils and Spotted-tailed Quolls are regularly viewed in the early evening from a modified shack that acts as a hide, providing a highlight for visitors from around the globe.

Volunteers on King’s Run are involved in conservation activities such as regeneration of the dunes and coastal scrub, invasive flora management and fauna and flora surveys.  During the 2012 / 2013 summer the WM teams will also be setting up numerous camera traps to identify as many individual devils using the refuge as possible.

Upcoming University Projects

  • 20th - 25th November 2013 (Open)
  • 28th November - 3rd December 2013 (Open)

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Detailed Project Description

For a full description of the project, click here to download a PDF: Kings Run Project Description.

Kings Run Conservation Project

LATEST BLOG POSTS

Griffith Honours College joins Wild Mob at Kings Run Jan 2013

Posted on 22 February 2013

This was the inaugural King’s Run project for the Griffith University Honours College, and by the enthusiastic singing in the bus, Andrew and I knew it was a going to be a fun group.  We stopped at “The Nut”, a volcanic plug on the coast at Stanley, and climbed to the top for magnificent views and to observe burrows of the Short-tailed Shearwater.  Then it was on to King’s Run, a Read more

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Volunteer Feedback

Kings Run Volunteer, November 2010

Loved the explanations on biology, ecology, geology during the fieldwork. I got to experience true conditions - things I had learnt before in books.

International Uni Student, November 2010

Every day we could discover a ‘new’ animal, a new aspect of natural life.

Traditional Owner Acknowledgement

Wild Mob would respectfully like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners, their Elders past and present, as well as the important role Indigenous people continue to play in the Land where we carry out our conservation projects.

Project Partners

 

Wild Mob is proud to partner with Kings Run Reserve and Parks & Wildlife Tasmania as part of the Kings Run conservation project.