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Key points: Wildcare seeking volunteers after unprecedented number of dropouts

Wildcare seeking volunteers after unprecedented number of dropouts Freycinet volunteers need bring only food and phone

Freycinet volunteers need bring only food and phone Some weeding work needed "but you don't have to"

If you are in need of a late summer break, Wildcare Tasmania has a job for you. And it does not really involve much work.

The not-for-profit volunteer group has put an urgent call out for volunteers to help look after sites at Freycinet and on Schouten Island on the east coast.

It comes after an unprecedented number of dropouts from its summer caretaker program.

The caretaker duties include rubbish collection and checking campsites to ensure fires have been extinguished.

Camping gear is provided by Parks and Wildlife, but volunteers need to bring their own food and recreational equipment, like snorkelling gear.

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Volunteer caretaker and President of the Friends of Freycinet group David Harris said people normally stayed for about two weeks, but the job did not require much actual work.

"All they want you to do is look after the place and be a Parks [and and Wildlife] presence, because some people don't do the right thing," he said.

"The tasks are not very onerous at all, in fact most of the time you can just laze about and go for a lovely swim or a nice little bushwalk.

"There's also if you want a little bit of weeding … there's some feral plants around you can work on for an hour or so … but you don't have to."

Mr Harris said while volunteers needed to be over 18, the program was family friendly.

"Families go with children, that's fine, but usually it's a couple or two people or two friends or whatever," he said.

"I've been there with a mate, I've been there with my wife on a number of occasions. You can just get your mate or your partner, and off you go."

Schouten Island's white beaches as seen from the air looking back at Freycinet Peninsula. ( Supplied: Paul Fleming )

He added no real fitness level was required.

"What you need is to be able to walk along the beaches, everyone can do that," he said.

Schouten Island is at the base of the popular Freycinet Peninsula. ( Supplied: Google Maps )

Volunteers are most urgently needed for several placements at Cooks Beach in Freycinet National Park from now until the end of April.

Two people are being sought for immediate placement on Schouten Island.

The Freycinet Peninsula is one of the state's tourism drawcards and is experiencing a rapid rise in visitor numbers.

Eight years ago 186,000 people visited the park, but it is predicted by next year there will be 330,000.

Tasmania's Parks and Wildlife Service regularly seeks volunteers to be caretakers at remote locations like Maatsuyker Island, off the state's southern tip.

The volunteers will be based near the much photographed Wineglass Bay. ( Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service: Geoffrey Lea )