A successful night in the Gobur Goldfields Mineshaft

200 people attended RiverConnect’s bats in our neighborhood event. Not only were there members from the Shepparton community many visitors to the region also enjoyed the night.

For the 2nd year,  we ran a bat night for Knox City Council. The bat night included a information session at dusk session followed by checking bat traps and audio recorders set up on Blind Creek.   The night proved a great success with 40 people attending. We were fortunate to catch 4 bats of 2 species; Little Forest Bat and Lesser Long-eared Bat.

The International Ecoacoustics Congress 2018,  was organised by the Australasian Chapter of Ecoacoustics (https://ausecoacoustics.org/). The congress was run over four days (24-27 June)  in Brisbane at the Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University. 

Whilst on  a recent overseas trip to the west coast of United States, I (Rob) was invited to assist Vashon Nature Center (Vashon Island; Seattle) with their annual Bioblitz. The Vashon Nature Center (VNC) is a community focused organisation providing environmental  education and facilitating citizen science projects.  

The Moonee Valley City Council's bat night was a great success with approximately 50 adults and children attending. Awards were given out to children who dressed in bat costumes. The prizes consisted of a range of children books. 

Check out the YouTube video of the night.