The Team

The Wollangarra team is made up of Directors, a Program Manager and a number of Outdoor Leaders. The Outdoor Leaders often possess a diverse range of skills and experience from a variety of backgrounds, such as outdoor and environmental education, youth work, conservation, and environmental science. Wollangarra staff hit the ground running from when they arrive in January, completing several months of extensive training, which includes Wilderness First Aid, Bronze Medallion (swimming supervision), four wheel driving and defensive driving, safe food handling, chainsaw operations, hiking, camping and navigation, communications training, and so much more. Leaders volunteer their time for a year in the mountains, working hard and demonstrating simple living to provide quality leadership and education to the hundreds of young people who attend Wollangarra programs each year. They are the backbone of Wollangarra.

Wollangarra leaders are normally recruited between September and December each year. If you think you might be interested in applying for this once in a lifetime opportunity, then we recommend visiting for a week as a volunteer on a program, or coming to one of our regular work party weekends. Feel free to call us at the homestead to have a chat with current Directors on what it’s all about or visit our Outdoor Leader page for more info.