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So far all of the brush-tailed rock wallabies are still alive and not going very far.

Three of the collars are not working but they still think that the wallabies are ok.

They are all still going down to the creek to drink.

The release team have put cameras out in the park to try and get some photos of the wallabies.

The cameras go off when something moves in front of them.  There are some photos of wallabies and we hope to have some to put on the website soon.

Halls Gap Primary School… Read the rest

Hi everyone,

We are the prep, one, two class of Halls Gap Primary School and with our teacher Frau Stoffel we are going to write a daily update for everyone about the Brush tailed rock wallabies that have just been released into our National Park. 

Jack is in grade 2 and his dad is Tony Corrigan one of the release team.  Through Tony and Jack we will have daily updates that we will add to this website.

As of Saturday all of the wallabies were accounted for and moving around.  The Tidbinbilla family are not as active as our local lot.  We think that maybe they are tired after all of their travelling to get here. 

The wallabies have been moving to the creek to drink, but other than that, they are staying close to the release site.  We are all excited that so far everything is going extremely well … Read the rest

Vote for the Brush Tail rock wallaby
The Victorian government is having a competition on what endangered species they are going to put on the vehicle registration labels next year. Of course, the Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby is on the list and you all need to vote for it…..please!!!. Tell your friends, kids, schools, relatives etc etc etc to vote. Go to www.dse.vic.gov.au and follow the links to ‘Plants and Animals’,
‘Threatened Species Competition’ … Read the rest