Jennifer Kokany is the owner of Homefield, a property situated in Taree, New South Wales. The land stands on the edge of town with views across farmland and a semi-rural set up. The property is a wildlife sanctuary with the owner intending for the land to be a safe place for all wildlife to preserve native species. For owner Jennifer, the sanctuary is for every kind of wildlife: from wallabies to echidnas to snakes. All are treasured, respected and enjoyed. Jennifer believes it is imperative to create safe pockets of land where wildlife can exist in safety.
Homefield spans 0.9 hectares of mostly Eucalyptus. The vegetation class is Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests, specifically the plant community type Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest. The area where the sanctuary is located is noted as a koala corridor as indicated by the council sign on a nearby road. Unfortunately, it has been many years since owner Jennifer has seen koalas in the area, potentially due almost entirely to loss of their habitat with trees of all sizes in the area being felled for home dwellings.
The property provides habitat for a range of species including echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus), wallabies and bats and various snakes. Numerous birdlife like satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) and parrots.
