My name is Toby, but most people know me as "the wombat guy".

I save wombats from mange.

Mange is a parasite that lives beneath a wombat's skin, and slowly eats them alive. Without human intervention - it is 100% FATAL for wombats.

That’s where I come in.

I've been treating mange in the Hawkesbury since 2015. Locals simply report sick wombats, and I come over with a big net to give them medicine. I then follow up treatment once a week for as long as it takes for the wombat to be totally mange-free.

It’s a lot of work, but there’s nothing more rewarding than watching these zombie wombats regrow their hair, regain their vision and hearing, and go back to being nocturnal.

Mange is curable, and I want to help cure every single mangey wombat in my area of the Hawkesbury.

But I need your help!

Although I’m grateful to have received some funding over the years, 90% of the medicine has been paid for out of my own pocket. It can cost hundreds of dollars to cure a wombat with mange - and in 2021 alone I treated 27 of them.

That figure doesn’t include petrol, wildlife cameras, or even the time I spend in the field. I volunteer every second of my free time to this because of genuine, relentless passion.

If you’re in a position to spare a few bucks, it would go a bloody long way to buy medicine and equipment to help the wombats of Macdonald Valley, Webbs Creek, and Lower Portland.

Thank you for your time!

xoxo BoorneWild