For 24 hours you really dug deep for the biblies. With you and our generous Big Diggers on our side we will be able to keep the hard work going, so we can make big operations like the census happen.

Once a year, we conduct a full bilby census inside the predator-exclusion fence. Over several long nights, our team of volunteers and vets carefully trap, weigh and health-check every bilby we can find. Each one is examined from nose to tail — checking weight, teeth, claws, pouch young and overall health — before being gently returned to its burrow.

It’s exhausting, dusty and emotional work. But it’s vital.

The census tells us whether our population is growing, whether our bilbies are healthy, and whether we have enough thriving animals to begin re-wilding outside the fence. Without it, we’d simply be guessing.

There’s no separate appeal that funds this. No special campaign for the traps, fuel, headtorches, vet supplies or the countless volunteer hours it takes.

Giving Day is what makes it possible.

Thank you.