National Threatened Species Day

Create Habitat for Threatened Species
To inspire action for wildlife this National Threatened Species Day on 7 September, Phillip Island Nature Parks, Bass Coast Shire Council and Phillip Island Land Alliance will come together to deliver a special community event and a series of habitat planting days.

Community Event
Saturday 7 September, 10am-12pm
Koala Conservation Reserve
Hear from local experts about threatened species recovery on Millowl, biodiversity projects, threatened flora protection and more! A great way to engage and learn more about how to get involved.

If you’d like to help create habitat for threatened species such as the Eastern-barred Bandicoot and Bush Stone-curlew, join a local Coastcare group to plant native species:

Cape Woolamai Coastcare
Saturday 7 September, 8am-10.30am
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Meet at the Rotunda, end of Cottesloe Avenue, Cape Woolamai
At 10:30am, we’ll head over to the Koala Conservation Reserve for morning tea and expert presentations.

Cowes Coastcare
Sunday 8 September, 10am-12pm
Beach end of Bella Vista Road Cowes
Rhyll Coast Action group
Monday 9 September, 9.30am-11.30am
Between Walton St - Jansson Rd up on headland in front of houses.

Media Release

Jessica McKelson, General Manager Conservation at Phillip Island Nature Parks said our community are important to help create a ‘safe haven’ for threatened flora and fauna species across Millowl.

“The dedicated volunteer Coastcare groups undertake vital work to restore and protect native habitat on Millowl,” said McKelson.

Chair of Phillip Island Land Alliance, David Rooks says "Phillip Island Land Alliance is pleased to be partnering with Nature Parks and Bass Coast Shire. It takes an Island wide approach to successfully introduce endangered species and The Alliance is well supported to provide such support with three of our groups participating for the event".

The endangered Eastern-barred Bandicoot is thriving on Phillip Island, after the species was reintroduced to Churchill Island in 2017 and saved from extinction in the wild. Efforts are now focused on reintroducing the critically endangered Bush Stone-curlew with the aim of establishing a self-sustaining population on Phillip Island.

“The cutting edge work done by Nature Parks and partner agencies to protect threatened flora such as the crimson berry is supported by our volunteers at the Barb Martin Bushbank. The local community can buy native plants for their gardens at the native plant nursery and get advice about what to grow to create habitat for wildlife,” said McKelson.

For more information, check the Facebook event pages @PhillipIslandNatureParks