This week, Australia’s first mobile wildlife hospital, Matilda, is embarking on a national tour to support wildlife care organisations, engage regional communities in wildlife-rich areas and advocate for a coordinated national wildlife care framework in Canberra.

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital and Port Stephens Koala Hospital are collaborating across almost 600km to treat, rehabilitate and ultimately release a young, injured peregrine falcon.

As Australia’s bushfire season approaches, the only all-species wildlife hospital between Sydney and the Gold Coast has been forced to reduce its opening hours over Christmas/NY as surging patient numbers take their toll on the humans who provide the vital veterinary service free of charge, seven days a week.

This week saw a delicate operation at the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital and Sanctuary, with the installation of a new hospital ward, via truck and crane, in what was once a playground, now to be a Wildlife Recovery Centre.

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital has seen a steep rise in their intake of injured animals since the beginnings of the Northern Rivers flood emergency.

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital is going from strength to strength since relocating to the Macadamia Castle, on the Hinterland Way north of Lennox Head, in October. Matilda the mobile vet hospital is now based next to the electric vehicle charging stations and there's a renewed focus on native wildlife and education within the park.