the old wildlife hospital

A VOLUNTEERS VIEW OF THE OLD HOSPITAL.

‘SAM‘ - GREETED PEOPLE AS THEY ARRIVED.

(yes it’s our ‘Sam’ as a youngster)

. . . AS DID ‘RENO’ AND ‘FLYNN’.

JUST PAST WHISTLER’S ENCLOSURE WAS BIRDS AND RAINFOREST.

NOTICE THE FENCE ON THE RIGHT . . .

IT’S WHERE THE ZOO’S PLANT NURSERY WAS, AND

THIS IS WHERE OUR ENCLOSURES ARE TODAY.

‘CHERRY’ & ‘CHANTELLE’ LIVED WITH WHISTLER.

‘RODNEY’ ENJOYED LAYING AROUND UNDER THE OLD CLOTHES-LINE . . .

AND ‘CHRISSY’ WENT ANYWHERE SHE WANTED.

HOW’S THIS FOR A RARE PHOTO?

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SONYA WITH ‘FLIP’

‘COCO,’ THE MAGPIE GOOSE, NOW LIVES IN THE WET-LANDS SANCTUARY AT AUSTRALIA ZOO.

BIRDS IS STILL THERE.

‘LUKA’ USED TO BE A RESIDENT, HE NOW PERFORMS IN THE AUSTRALIA ZOO BIRD SHOW.

WARINA USED TO BE CALLED PINES, AND WAS RELOCATED FOR THE NEW HOSPITAL.

“WHERE DID THE GROUND GO!!!”

QUARANTINE WAS OPPOSITE PINES. IT WAS DEMOLISHED.

MUMS & BUBS WAS LOCATED AT THE END OF PINES AND QUARANTINE.

IT WAS ALSO DEMOLISHED.

‘COBRA’ AND BABY ‘CARSON’ IN MUMS & BUBS.

THE LEAF OUT AREA WAS IN-BETWEEN.

‘CODY’ AND A FRIEND

BACK TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE WITH ‘RENO,’BEFORE STEPPING INSIDE.

‘RENO’ AND JULIE IN THE RECEPTION AREA,LOCATED TO THE LEFT OF THE DOOR AS

YOU ENTERED.

TO THE RIGHT OF THE DOOR . . .

WERE TWO CHAIRS WHERE CARERS AND VISITORS

WAITED.

“I LOOK SO BUSY . . . DON’T I?”

NECROPSY WAS BESIDE RECEPTION. (. . . we got some lovely smells!)

THE MAIN TRIAGE AND SURGERY OR ‘EVERYTHING ROOM’.

THE HUMIDI-CRIBS IN THE ‘EVERYTHING ROOM’

CRAMPED CONDITIONS

SOME OF THE PATIENTS . . .

RECOVERING.

WANDA TYING TO BE BRAVE . . . THE SNAKE IS UNCONSCIOUS.

‘LOGGERHEAD TURTLE’ HATCHLINGS

DON’T WORRY . . . IT’S ONLY A PYTHON.

KAREN AND DR. AMBER HARD AT WORK.

A RARE MOMENT OF QUIET . . .

BUT NOT FOR LONG!

STACEY LOOKING AT X-RAYS DOWNSTAIRS.

UP THREE STAIRS WAS THELUNCH AND MEETING ROOM

. . . BASICALLY THE ONLY TABLE!

HELEN CLEANING ICU UPRIGHTS,

LOCATEDNEXT TO THE LUNCH TABLE

MORE OF THE ICU

BEHIND THE LUNCH TABLE.

‘ROBBIE’ IN ICU - BURNT BY A CAR EXHAUST

A BOTTOM WASH FOR ANOTHER SICK BOY . . .

ALSO IN THE SAME AREA.

WE WERE OFTEN ASKED TO . . . “KEEP THE NOISE DOWN PLEASE”.

SEA SNAKES IN THE ICU/LUNCH ROOM

LEE AND ‘MAY’.

HE WAS ANOTHER LUNCH COMPANION . . .

ISN’T ‘RENO’GORGEOUS?

(MOSTLY ON COLD DAYS.)

GAIL HAD A ROOM OFF THE LUNCH AREA BIG ENOUGH FOR A BED, A COMPUTER TABLE . . .

AND ‘RENO.’

-THE OTHER ROOM WAS USED FOR OPERATING AND STORAGE PURPOSES. IT CONTAINED AN

ANIMAL AND VOLUNTEER FRIDGE AND A REPTILE RECOVERY/CAGE AREA.

THERE WERE TWO SMALL ROOMS OFF THE LUNCH ROOM.

- A PASTE PREPARATION SPACE TO THE LEFT OF GAIL’S ROOM, WHICH WAS ALSO A

X-RAY DEVELOPMENT AREA, STORAGE CUPBOARD AND WORM/CRICKET BREEDING

AREA.

THROUGH THE EVERYTHING ROOM WAS ANOTHER DOOR LEADING TO THE

LAUNDRY/AUTO-CLAVE/TOILET/SHOWER AND STORAGE. HERE’S PAULINE MAKING LEAF PASTE.

THE LAUNDRY.

THERE IS A POOL (on the zoo grounds) WHERE VOLUNTEERS COULD SWIM OUT TO BRING TURTLES IN FOR FOOD AND MEDICATION.

HARRY SAYS, “THANKS FOR EVERYTHING . . . “

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