Vivienne Anne Briggs – TAS

Vivienne has worked with Australian wildlife for 25 years, focusing on platypus, penguins, and birds in Burnie. For the past 20 years, she has been instrumental in platypus conservation in Tasmania, both professionally and voluntarily. As the founder and coordinator of Friends of Fernglade since 2014, to help make Fernglade a renowned spot for viewing wild platypuses

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