Pioneering charity Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital has marked its fifth birthday and also celebrated a five-year partnership with UD Trucks by revealing a new livery depicting a 3D panoramic landscape populated with Australian wildlife.
The original artwork forms a striking skin for its new UD Quon GW26 460 which the truck company says delivers next-generation safety, efficiency, and purpose to the not-for-profit’s life-saving mission.
The new truck been provided to the wildlife charity by UD Trucks as part of its long-term partnership connecting transport and logistics, emergency services and wildlife conservation.
The new 6×4 UD prime mover, which UD has provided for the Wildlife Hospital will continue powering Australia’s only mobile wildlife hospital and take critical care directly to wildlife impacted by bushfires, floods, and disease outbreaks.
Wildlife Rescue Australia founder and CEO Dr Stephen Van Mil said the organisation’s partnership with UD Trucks is fundamental to its national capability.
“With our fixed-location hospital now established, the mobile hospital can be deployed for research, field operations, education tours, and rapid disaster response,”added Dr Van Mil.
“The newly named Wildlife Recovery Australia Hospital, affectionately known as ‘Matilda’ is now proactively mobile to go anywhere in the country where wildlife populations are under threat,” the doctor said.
“Under our parent brand Wildlife Recovery Australia (WRA), we now operate three state-of-the-art facilities dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned Australian wildlife,” he said
WRA has had more than 10,000 wildlife patients, and now with the launch of a new bricks and mortar wildlife hospital and a striking new livery for Australia’s first and only mobile wildlife hospital, is preparing for a national tour in 2026.
“Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital HQ, Wildlife Recovery Australia Hospital and Byron Bay Raptor Recovery Centre are unique facilities which allow us to treat more wildlife patients in our region, but also nationally through our mobile capacity,” said Dr. Van Mil.
“Our relationship with Wildlife Recovery Hospital continues to evolve as they grow into national leaders in wildlife conservation,” said Vice President of UD Trucks Sales and Marketing, Philippa Wood.
The company tells us that the new 6×4 prime mover, will continue to power Australia’s only mobile wildlife hospital, and take critical care directly to wildlife impacted by bushfires, floods, and disease outbreaks.
“This Quon is more than a truck, it’s a moving symbol of purpose and it represents the best of what transport organisations and wildlife conservation groups can achieve together driven by compassion and capability, said Wood.
“Replacing the original 2020-delivered Quon, the new prime mover brings improved fuel efficiency, and cutting-edge active safety technologies, including the ability to detect vulnerable road users and other traffic hazards,” Wood added.
“With features that protect vulnerable road users, drivers and wildlife, this unique vehicle embodies our brand purpose of creating a Better Life,” she said.
Wildlife Recovery Australia is planning its 2026 national tour to showcase how 
innovation in heavy transport can directly support wildlife conservation and resilience in the face of natural disasters.
“With extreme weather events becoming more frequent, the role of Australia’s first mobile wildlife hospital has never been more critical,” Wood said.
“UD Trucks is proud to keep powering that mission — now and into the future.,” she concluded.
