Updated 4th January, 2009

Here we see Sausage growing up and becoming quite a handsome fella

What a smile!  He is always one for the giggles - see lower on the page.

          Sausage with his girlfriend Treasure 

Here we meet Bomber.  He has a little problem with a bad habit.  He chews his bits!

After trying to wrap him so he can't reach - we have managed to train him to suck a dummy instead.

We had to place an adhesive bandage over the injury and he was on a course of injections to help it heal.

After a while we suspected something else was causing his distress and it has become apparent in the last few days that he may have mange!

He has been treated and already he is settling.

Still sucking his dummy!

After a visit to the vets at Healesville Sanctuary they recommend Bomber get a nice dip in a soothing bubble bath, a medical solution to help his poor little scratchy skin.  

2 days old?

Is it a tiny oven ready-turkey?  Is it a Baby Teradactyl........?

9 days -

Nope........  It's Terror, a Kookaburra chick - growing fast....! 

10 days -

Looking a bit like a toilet brush now with all those pin feathers!

4 weeks old -

Little Terror is now perching and looking very dashing!

You can see the amazing new growth in the Bunyip State Park....

Where the earth was once blackened with not a sign of life........

Oh my!  This photo just pleads - FEED ME!

Just how smug can one baby Tawny look after a feed? 

Here we meet Sophie - she is buddied with Sara (who wouldn't sit still long enough for a photo!) 

Meet one of the most wonderful wombats the shelter has had.  Sterling. 

He is a fantastic silver colour - it doesn't really show too well in the photo.

You can see from the photo on the right that he is a lovely relaxed young man!  Happy to snooze the day away in a loving pair of arms!

Here we see Posh, Marilyns Sugar Glider showing us just how      beautiful she is. 

You can read more about Posh on the Success Stories page

Yet another wonderful wombat - Podge (alias Pedro) is a stunning silver baby.

Named after the Town Nangana where she was found - Nanny Gana may look a little odd just now - but she will grow into a beautiful starlet! 

George and Henry.  Although George is quite a bit bigger than Little Henry, he is a big softie and they get along like a house on fire. 

Growing up and outdoors now in the nursery enclosure.  Even though Henry is smaller he definately wears the trousers!

This is Bridie.  She was release over a year ago and from time to time, as a special treat we trudge through the bush to her burrow and have a cuppa with her! As you can see, she is doing well - looking beautiful! 

Just wanted to pop these pics of Aaarkh in because he is particularly wonderful at the moment.  Over a year on from his arrival. 

You can see him on the Success Stories page too -  

Recently our Intrepid Reg went

UP in the World!

All dressed up with somewhere to go!

Going up - Oooh Reg!  Our hero!  It looks very scary 

The council call in the shelter to check for hollows that might contain just about anything?

Once Reg has given the all clear the boys with the toys go up and start felling.

These trees were felled for safety where a road was being upgraded.

No signs of wildlife were detected and we appreciated the chance to make sure nothing was injured or killed in the felling. 

We were very impressed by the professional manner of all involved

Meet MacIntosh - she was found with her dead mum, MacIntosh was covered in ticks and had a bad case of fleas! 

Looking snoozy after her x-rays

Here we see MacIntosh getting checked out at the Sanctuary.

She was given an anaesthetic and had x-rays.  She has many wounds and some are infected, especially one on her head (doesn't show in the photos).

A good feed is all you need after a long and tiring day at the hospital!

You can see below she looks a different girl a week later! 

MacIntosh may look cute but she is a bit of a biter!  Watch those fingers don't get bitten! 

Sometimes that first day out is just too overwhelming! 

I may be a big boy now but I still need feeding! 

Here's our new little boy - Biggles 900g and a bit flat and dehydrated, looking very tired. 

Look Mum - I think I've got a broken thumb! 

Biggles's thumb should not stick up like this - we will get him checked at the Healesville Sanctuary. 

In Western Australia, Kanyana Wildlife Hospital is fighting a flu epidemic affecting the local lizard population, and in Victoria at Maryknoll Wildlife Shelter, it is feared that a rescued orphan wombat may be suffering from a disease called mange.

Wombat Billy gets up close with the ABC cameras

It is Maggie Madness time again at the Shelter!  Reg copes with ten!

And the nest came too!

Up close -  

Meet poor little Noonan.  He is an echidna with a problem! 

As you can see he is mostly bald and his spikes have snapped off - he will be in care at the shelter for a year or two whilst we fatten him up with a special diet. 

The girls get up close and cuddly with Nicky Buckley from Channel 9's "Talk to the Animals"

Catch up with Nicky Buckley and the girls from

The Maryknoll Wildlife Shelter

Saturday September 13th, Channel 9, at 4.30pm

Here is our teat factory,  normally it is very neat but today               'Little Miss Messy Marilyn' was on hand to help out!!  Luckily it is only cornflour all over the place!

The Shelter got a call from a lady at Dalmore.  "There's a Seal on my doorstep!"  We put her in touch with the Sleepy Hollow Wildlife Shelter  at Tooradin and as you can see - the baby fur seal was rescued and then released in a safe spot later the same day.

The Sleepy Hollow Wildlife Shelter at Tooradin believes the seal had travelled from water four kilometers away before making a nest of the family shoes on the lady's doorstep.

Meet Lenny wombat, his mum had been killed and he was on his own for some time before being found.

A bit on the skinny side!  All his bald patches are where the skin has died and fallen away after being attacked by wild wombats.  The fur will grow back, but it takes time.

Poor Lenny has had a run in with a wild wombat that wasn't his Mum!  He is mostly healed now but is still VERY thin.

Lenny seen here with Sophie.  Love must be blind!

Here we see Lenny getting a check up at Healesville Sanctuary - there is a bit of a worry about one of his scars, a nasty one on his back leg! 

Look how beautiful he is now with hair!! 

Meet Samantha.  She's a Swamp Wallaby, one of several in care at Marilyn's place.  She is a very special girl, named after a very special lady.  So this photo is for Aunty Elaine in the UK. 

So, come on Elaine, Samantha is looking forward to meeting you in November.

Samantha came into care in June, 2008 weighing in at 667g and about 6 months old.  Her mother had been killed at Sale.  She was only just "furring" with a light covering of velvet on her skinny little body.  She was very difficult to feed initially and pretty well had to be force fed with milk.  There were some worries initially as to whether she would survive but, after much perseverence and TLC, she now drinks her bottle enthusiastically.  She is now fully furred and weighs in at almost a kilo. She is thriving and should start taking an interest in eating solids soon.

Marilyn's wobblies Emmy-lou and Franklin looking after themselves!

Franklin thinks he's more clever than the wombats!!

Just too cute for words!

Feeding time at the zoo - Sausage, Treasure and Paris

'Sausage' gets the giggles

Digby, Dora and Ripley make the headlines! (Thanks Sunday Herald Sun) The Shelter has 24 wombats in care at the moment.

         Three feathertails on one finger

Digby relaxes after his bottle

  Dora napping

A new burrow taking shape in the 'Hilton' enclosure

Jim and John get to grips with yet more problems

Nearly done - just a bit more soil on top

All we need now are some wombats to dig it all up again!

 Anzac Day 2008 - Fire in The Bunyip State Park