Long-term koala Phascolarctos cinererus population research in Victoria is rare, especially in the grassy woodlands away from the coast. The You Yangs Regional Park, just west of Melbourne, is home to a koala population in a dry woodland, and has been monitored by...
The purpose of our community information events and this article is to get trees planted for koalas on private land – urgently. Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours and Koala Clancy Foundation are working with local community to ensure that wild koalas have a future...
Parks Victoria are putting together a Master Plan for the You Yangs Region. Submission deadline is 16 October. We, and the koalas, urgently need your input. An email letter is the best way to get your voice heard. You can say what you want about the You Yangs and...
There is something welcoming about the You Yangs. Other mountains exist, higher and more dominating, but the gently-rounded triple peaks of the You Yangs capture everyone’s attention. .. They rise, indigo, out of a sea of golden grasses on the plains west of...
As part of our social enterprise mission, wildlife tour operator Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours monitors wild koalas in the You Yangs Regional Park, Victoria Australia. This is a summary of the 2017 year of Wild Koala Research. All koala research is conducted...
Bunyip Origin of name: We asked some travellers for suggestions for a really Australian name. Boomerang and Bunyip were the two favourites. Bunyip is a Wemba-wemba Aboriginal word for a scary monster that lives in billabongs and waterholes. We decided that as...
