{"id":1931,"date":"2023-02-06T02:10:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2023-02-06T02:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:10:34","slug":"wondering-about-wallabies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/2023\/02\/06\/wondering-about-wallabies\/","title":{"rendered":"Wondering about Wallabies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, you\u2019ve heard that Kangaroo Valley\u2019s rock-wallabies are endangered, but you don\u2019t know much more than that? All of your questions will be answered at the Kangaroo Valley Show on 17-18 February. The Valley\u2019s local conservation group, The Friends of the Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby, will be on hand to answer all your questions about this endangered species\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are brush-tailed rock-wallabies so endangered?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is Kangaroo Valley their perfect habitat?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are they so vulnerable to foxes and stray cats and dogs?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do they have those brushy tails?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And why haven\u2019t I ever seen a brush-tailed rock-wallaby?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kangaroo Valley residents involved in The Friends of the Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby will be staffing an exhibition stand and delivering a Tent Talk to raise awareness of the plight of the local rock-wallabies. They will be sharing some success stories on how their efforts have led to an increase in the Valley\u2019s rock-wallaby population over the past decade. And for the kids, local arts education expert Penny Craig is offering a range of fun-filled craft activities on a wallaby theme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosie Connor, leader of the Rock-Wallaby Community Awareness team, explains. \u201cKangaroo Valley is full of people who care about the environment and wildlife. We are really looking forward to the KV Show as it\u2019s a great opportunity to share more about these amazing animals. We are super keen to involve more volunteers and bring in some fresh ideas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find out more about the Friends of the Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby, follow us on Facebook or visit rockwallaby.org.au. To get involved, please contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:friends@rockwallaby.org.au\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">friends@rockwallaby.org.au<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosie Connor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you\u2019ve heard that Kangaroo Valley\u2019s rock-wallabies are endangered, but you don\u2019t know much more than that? All of your questions will be answered at the Kangaroo Valley Show on 17-18 February. The Valley\u2019s local conservation group, The Friends of the Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby, will be on hand to answer all your questions about this endangered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Kangaroo Valley Voice","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice","push-errors":false,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1933,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/1933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kangaroovalley.nsw.au\/valleyvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}