It was my first official day of volunteering at Adelaide Zoo’s within the Natives department, as a part of the YATZ Discovery Program. Despite the heat and sweat I was provided with that day, all I could think of was…

As a part of YATZ, we were allowed to choose 2 areas of the zoo for our Discovery Program. This has allowed us to work alongside the keepers and help the with their daily tasks. The two areas that I…

Today I had my first zoo elective with the natives at Monarto Zoo, there is four YATZ in total within this elective. When we arrived, we were sent out to collect salt bush for the suck nest rats. Once we…

Through the Natives Elective at Monarto, I had a really cool opportunity to set up new, larger enclosures for the Pygmy Blue Tongue Lizards. The first thing we had to do was build the enclosures out of some sheets of…

A rush of excitement filled me as I imagined all the new possibilities that are waiting behind this door of opportunity. We walked to meet Jade, the zookeeper, and she happily introduced us to the inner-world of the natives that…