Event Type
Landcare Region
BCT Region
Learn techniques you can use on your property to detect koala activity and record on the I-spy app, including how to identify koala preferred Eucalypt species in this area.
Find out about the NSW Koala Strategy, options available for private land conservation through the BCT and ways to improve habitat.
Koalas can be tricky to locate and in some cases, landholders have lived on a property for decades and not realised koala were present. With over sixty percent of koala habitat in NSW being on private land, it is such an important resource for koalas that needs conserving.
The day will be hosted by Hunter Region Landcare, NSW Dept of Planning and Environment and the Biodiversity Conservation Trust.
Please bring water bottle and wear long sleeves, long pants, closed shoes, hat or rainwear according to weather.
Contact Stacy with queries 0429 444 305
This event is possible thanks to the shared work of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust and Landcare NSW under the Private Land Conservation Matters project
Event Topics
Event Outcomes
Koala workshop- great result- and feedback- practical skills useful
Koala Spotting workshop at Duns Creek
All eyes were up in the trees for this part of the Koala spotting workshop held at Duns Creek brought to you be HRLN with support from the BCT and NSW Koala Strategy team. We learned about koala habitat trees, how to identify primary and secondary feed trees and detect signs of koala activity and improve habitat linkages. This area is a hotspot for koalas and fits within the ‘Barrington’ ARK (Area of Regional Koala Significance) as mapped by the NSW Government. These workshops aim to encourage and support more habitat restoration and connectivity on private lands as they are essential for the future of koalas.
Feedback from event survey
- Variety of good info presentations not too long. Opportunity to walk and look at scratch markings and tree identification
- I felt welcome and it was easy to ask questions
- Presenters need to be aware that some participants need information to be presented a little slower
- The walk was timed for fitter participants. A number had mobility issues that made the timethey took longer. They wanted to do the distance but thought it was shorter due to the time estimate they were given.
- DPE, BCT, PSK and HRLN contributed to the knowledge shared at this workshop
- DCCEEW could have provided more detailed information about the koala strategy relevant to the Hunter ARKS. Overall, landcare local knowledge is good.
- Good level of participant knowledge based on the input from regional and local organisations
