During our first workshop at Adelaide Zoo, our final activity for the day was the ‘Soft Plastics Fashion Show’. As all the YATZ members split off into four groups, the task of this activity was to create a beautiful item…

On our Team Building Workshop day on 18th February, the YATZ crew met for the first time we had all caught up since our induction camp and it was good to see everyone again. We did a lot of group activities…

The YATZ members gathered together for their first workshop at Adelaide Zoo, slowly arriving at gate 3 in the beautiful weather. The Gibbons of Adelaide zoo calling out to each other and Banks the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo adding to the chorus…

As of 2018, the YATZ Ambassador program now runs all week 9:30am to 12pm. For people who do not know what the Ambassador Program is, it is a program that runs similar to work experience, but it is exclusive to…

On our three-day resilience camp, the MATZ worked with Jasmine , a ranger who works in Natural Resources for the Northern and Yorke Region. Jaz’s knowledge of the ins and outs of Innes was astounding, and it was clear that…

As part of the recent MATZ Resilience training camp, us Mentors undertook the park rangers’ duties along the beaches of Innes National Park. These duties were – fox baiting, Hooded Plover surveying, and clearing the beaches of litter. Although the…

We set off in the morning heading for our walk, after a short drive we had gotten to the beach, we had three missions for our walk, pick up rubbish, lay fox bait and search for plovers. We set off,…

It was the first day of our MATZ resilience camp at Innes National Park, and after a long day of travelling we were all eager to get out into the field. The task at hand was to go out into…

It’s amazing how trusting people can be when they’re suspended 15 metres above the ground and just a little bit stuck. Along with that, the 2 years of workmen together prior may have played a part. Two years ago, the…