GREG IRONS

Owner/Director of Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary

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WILDLIFE. CONSERVATION. TASMANIA.

I told my mum when I was seven that one day I'd own Bonorong.

Back then, it was simply my favourite place in the world. I'd make a bag of kangaroo food last one pellet at a time, do lap after lap while my family waited, and peer through gaps in the fence trying to see what happened behind the scenes.

By 19 I was working there. At 22 I became manager. And at 25, somehow, I took it on.

What happened next turned a childhood obsession with wildlife into something much bigger than I ever imagined.

MY STORY

Greg Irons, Melissa Irons, and Lara Irons, standing together by Dove Lake with Cradle Mountain in the background, smiling and enjoying the outdoors during daytime.