Numbats are my favourite Australian marsupial. They’re incredibly cute. But also incredibly close to extinction. Actually, numbats are rarer than China’s Giant Panda. They used to roam across arid southern Australia from just west of the Great Divide in NSW to WA. But now, there are only a few wild populations left. Dryandra Woodlands, southwest of Perth, is one of those precious places.
At Dryanda, the Numbat Taskforce of volunteers works tirelessly to protect them, including by controlling feral cats and foxes that eat them. But also by working with scientists to monitor and collect the data needed to save them. Dryandra Lions Club Village hosts the Numbat Taskforce which uses a small wooden cottage as its base. The Lions Village is deep in the woodlands and right at the end of the power line. So it suffers frequent power outages, especially in summer. Every dollar they save via solar energy is a dollar that can be invested saving species.
I’ve identified this mob as the first project needing support through my Go Fund Me campaign. A 10 kilowatt solar system will give the Lions Club facilities and Numbat Taskforce base reliable and affordable power to run all the things they need: hosting people, recharging scientific and monitoring equipment, and of course, keeping food in the fridge for the tireless volunteers.
Please make a donation now to secure clean and affordable energy for the Lions Club in Dryandra Woodlands. By doing so, you can help get emissions down and support one of Australia’s cutest and most endangered marsupials. The Lions Club needs a $10,000 system but can match my donation dollar-for-dollar. So this will only cost $5,000.
I saw this numbat with thanks to Rob McLean from Numbat Taskforce who’s been numbatting for two decades at Dryandra. I reckon he’s probably Australia’s best numbat photographer. But he’s too humble to admit that.
Rob from Numbat Taskforce with Lions Village caretakers Julie and Les.
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