Past Events

GTQ Mania - winners are grinners

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:19:00 GMT

GTQ Mania, Arid Recovery's games, trivia and quiz night successfully raised in the order of $1700 towards vital infrastructure for new Arid Recovery programs and projects.

Around 90 people attended the event at the Roxby Downs Community Club with 11 teams hotly contesting to win on the night. A huge array of prizes were won with no-one leaving without at least one prize, and we thank our key sponsors listed below and also the many local businesses that gave such wonderful support towards the night.

Special thanks to Quizmaster Graham Warren, who had almost lost his voice by the end of the night, and to our volunteers, Kimberley Jarman and Millie Brewer.

G.T.Q. Mania is proudly sponsored by:

also:
AutoPro, Blockbuster Video, Chives Bistro, Desert Decor, Inspirational Foods, Mitre 10, Rodda Communications, Roxby Downs Newsagency, Roxby Downs Pharmacy, Roxby Downs Tavern, Sportspower, Subway Roxby Downs, and Tandales Hairdressers.

Our New Giant Bilby Shines In Roxby Downs Christmas Pageant

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:50:00 GMT

A team of Arid Recovery volunteers and staff joined together to launch the new giant bilby suit at the ever popular Roxby Downs Christmas Pageant, and what a hit this made with young and old.

Children queuing up along the roadside waved madly and shrieked with glee at the sight of such a magnificent giant bilby riding in the back of our old faithful ‘rhino’ 4WD utility.
Visitors to the town were impressed that all the local children knew so much about bilbies.

Staff and volunteers threw lollies into the crowd and to raise awareness about threatened species, we distributed ‘adoption’ applications encouraging members of the community to adopt a ‘Little Aussie Digger’ as gifts for friends and family.

A great time was had by all and we think AR had the most popular float.

Outback Roast Under The Stars : With Malcolm Douglas

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:24:00 GMT

Oh what a night!

Despite a vicious dust storm sweeping the Reserve earlier in the day, the Outback Roast Under the Stars with Malcolm Douglas on Friday 11 September was a resounding success.

The family outdoor roast rounded up the activities of Threatened Species Week and around 85 people, including lots of families attended the night. All were excited at the prospect of meeting outback legend Malcolm Douglas and hearing him speak on his passion for preserving and restoring threatened species populations throughout Australia. None were disappointed.

Malcolm captivated his audience with tales of high adventure, close encounters with crocodiles, and of his efforts to preserve the wild bilby populations located in the Northern Pilbara and Kimberley regions of WA.

Malcolm was extremely impressed with the achievements of Arid Recovery. He is keen to adopt various practices he learnt during his visit and he will apply principles of the AR exclusion fence to a similar feral proof fence around his bilby enclosure on his wildlife park located just outside of Broome, WA.

Malcolm presents winner of the Threatened Species Week Raffle, Justine Brown, with the basket of goodies put together by the Friends of Arid Recovery Committee.

Around $1000 was raised to help fund the vital translocation of five Western Barred Bandicoots from Faure Island in WA to the Reserve. These animals will increase the genetic diversity of our future Bandicoot population to ensure they are robust enough to avoid disease outbreaks and inbreeding.

Ongoing costs of supplementary feeding of the new arrivals will be offset by the generosity of visitors who engaged in a vigorous ‘auction’ of paraphernalia from Malcolm’s visit conducted in high spirit by Malcolm, and many also donated generously in order to ‘adopt’ a bettong or bilby that had been processed during the week’s annual cage trapping.

The team at Arid Recovery thank Malcolm, who was accompanied by his wife Valerie, for attending the night at his own cost, and for giving so much of himself to raise funds and awareness for Threatened Species.

A huge thank you goes out to everyone who helped make the evening a great success, especially volunteers Kimberley Jarman and Bree Galbraith. We also thank Greyhound Buses, RoxFM, Coates Hire, Cowell Electrics, Roxby Downs VIC & Sodexo, for their in-kind contributions and vital support.