PICTURE: Sites where secondary evidence of bandicoots were observed. Credit: Christie Malyon Study confirms the presence of Bandicoots at Munibung Hill Christie Malyon was one of three University of Newcastle Summer Scholarship Research…

PICTURE: These signs are like identity badges. The creek and her swamp and her wetland now have place names, like those set at a table. The Biddabah Creek Swamp sign…

PICTURE: Assembled after a guided inspection of the wetlands site, Lakelands.   Back row: Vina Chubb, MHCS, Stuart Carter, MHCS, Associate Professor Michelle Duffy (Geography and Environmental Studies), Jakob Kaldec (working with Michelle), Dr Craig Evans (Environmental…

PICTURE: Assembled after a guided walk with Wendy and Craig Patrick at the Farm Street, Speers Point site. Back row: Associate Professor Michelle Duffy (Geography and Environmental Studies), Annabel Hanthorn – working with Craig…

PICTURES: Bandicoot foraging near a nest site at Munibung Hill. Images recorded at 3.27am Saturday 23 July 2022. Credit: Gavin Ord. The elusive Bandicoot AFTER months of searching and hours…

PICTURES: Bandicoot snout poke (above), Swamp Wallaby (below), but no actual recordings of bandicoots. Credit: Ted Stein. In search of elusive bandicoot families Signs but no sightings - University of…

PICTURE: From left: Liam Phelan, Dean Wormald, Ted Stein, Jael Bryden, Maddy, Fergus Hancock, Vina Chubb, Shaun McLeod, Craig Evans In attendance via web link: Matt Hayward, Margaret Platell, Alex…

This is the best news in a long while. The challenge is to keep the habitat for this precious species safe from feral predators and undue human interference. Ted Stein…

PICTURE: University of Newcastle (UoN) Summer Scholarship Research Project (SSRP) group with representatives of Munibung Hill Conservation Society after an orientation walk at the south west end of Munibung Hill…

Swamp wallaby sightings at Munibung Hill have been anecdotal for some years. More recently these sightings have been confirmed in conversations with local residents, and images on our citizen science…