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City of Wollongong

If you love being outdoors, sustainability or working with plants, one of our environment volunteer roles could be perfect for you.

  • Bushcare has more than 60 groups across our city working to regenerate natural areas.
  • Dunecare volunteers work on beach dunes to manage plants and keep them free of weeds and rubbish.
  • Fiready is a volunteer program that clears potential bush fire fuel near residential areas.
  • Friends of Wollongong Botanic Garden work in many different ways to support the Garden and its conservation work.
  • Greenhouse Park is a former builders’ tip just south of Wollongong that has been turned into an eco-park.
  • Indian Myna Bird Action Program volunteers help to control an urban pest that threatens native birds and animals.
  • Picitup Program volunteers collect rubbish in their own time from public areas and record what they find to help us fight littering.
  • Rise and Shine is a long-running environmental campaign with volunteering opportunities like planting, weeding and cleaning up natural areas.

If you're part of a community or corporate group, and are interested in getting a team together to take part in one of these programs, call us on (02) 4227 7111.