Kangaroo Island, Gippsland on road to recovery - but need your help

By Michael Turtle
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:11am, first published November 1 2020 - 1:00pm
A koala spotted in East Gippsland, where tourists can help with a koala
management project. Pictures: Supplied
A koala spotted in East Gippsland, where tourists can help with a koala management project. Pictures: Supplied

When the bushfires tore through Kangaroo Island over the summer, there were fears the flames might have wiped out one of Australia's most endangered species. The western part of the island is the only place in the world the Kangaroo Island dunnart is found and it was estimated that before the fires, there were just several hundred of them. But miraculously, a new monitoring program has found the tiny mouse-sized marsupials are not extinct - and tourists are now helping to protect them!

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