Western Port Koala Corridor Project

The aim of this project is to create a wildlife corridor around the entire Western Port Biosphere Reserve. We are continuing the amazing work of Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation on the Peninsula all the way to San Remo on the Bass Coast. The aim is to encourage landowners to revegetate their properties with koala habitat trees and to get volunteers to participate in planting days. The aim is to create a continuous corridor to enable all wildlife to move across the landscape as they did in the past and be able to mix with other species of their kind to increase their genetic diversity. We are particularly focused on linking the landscape up to the Western Port Woodlands where koalas of the significant Strzelecki genome inhabit. These koalas act as an insurance policy for the future survival of Victorian koalas, therefore it is very important to increase the gene pool of these koalas.

DIRECTIONS

This property is at 15 Nursery Lane Blind Bight, Victoria.

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

Please bring gloves and a hat. This property is very large and there will be a lot of walking involved so please wear sturdy shoes. Toilets and plenty of parking are available. This property may take two days to complete given the large amount of trees that need to be planted. Volunteers are not expected to stay the full day. A couple of hours help would be fine :)

WHAT'S PROVIDED?

,Tools and equipment for planting,Watering cans / buckets,Snacks,Refreshments,BBQ