Photoshoot with rescued Australian wildlife
Corin Pennock with Sally the Swamp Wallaby
Canon EOS R5 Mk II with a Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM [ISO 100, 100mm, f/11 and 1/160] with a Godox AD300Pro II flash)
I was very fortunate that on the first day of April, ACT Wildlife again organised for me to photograph another one of their amazing carers, Corin Pennock (Corinmp on Instagram), who is also the possum coordinator for ACT Wildlife. It was a great opportunity to photograph her, and the wildlife that she was looking after, and she was so generous with her time. She even took me to show me where some amazing fungi were emerging on her extensive property.
She acquired this stunning property through a chance meeting. The previous owners originally purchased the land in the 1950s to use as a farm but never got around to clearing most of it, so there is still a lot of bush across most of the property. This suits Corin because she is using her property as a wildlife sanctuary, and she has a Gofundme page if you want to assist her.
Corin has extensive experience with caring for wildlife. She is a trained animal technician and has worked at the ANU looking after the native animals as part of the re-stocking of Mulligans Flat and over programs. She has also looked after the animals in the breeding programs at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
When I met Corin, she was caring for a juvenile Swamp Wallaby, Sally, and a juvenile Wallaroo, Odette, in addition to the famous Summa, a baby male Brushtail Possum that got into the tiger enclosure at the National Zoo one night in February this year. Fortunately a zoo keeper noticed him in the morning and removed him from the mouth of a tiger, that thought it had a new toy to play with.
As always, being around ACT Wildlife was a wonderful afternoon with a chance to get up and close with some of Australia’s amazing wildlife. It was also another great opportunity to witness first hand the wonderful work that the volunteer carers of ACT Wildlife do. If you are looking for a cause to support this is definitely a worthy one and they accept donations on their website.
I have included more photos from the session below.
