THE life, times and environmental benefits of bandicoots will be explained at the next meeting of the Red Hill South Landcare Group.
Eilish Roberts, southern brown bandicoot outreach officer at Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens, works to help protect this once widespread marsupial and support local communities in creating bandicoot-friendly suburbs.
When digging and scratching while foraging for food bandicoots make “beds” for seeds to germinate and help break down organic matter in which other organisms can live.
The public is invited to attend the bandicoot talk which will precede the Landcare group’s annual general meeting, starting at 2pm on Saturday 20 July at St Georges Church Hall, Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill (opposite Red Hill Recreation Reserve). RSVP by Thursday 18 July to the group’s secretary Geoff White at redhillsouthlg@gmail.com or call 0400 989 150.
First published in the Mornington News – 16 July 2024
