Planting for wildlife in your area

 Want to encourage wildlife into your gardens?

Or perhaps encourage them away from the house?

I have come across a site that covers all areas across Australia and is easy to use.

You can (for free) sign up and plan a garden with plants Native to your area, check these with your local Native Nursery.

There are fact sheets on attracting frogs, lizards, birds, mammals, butterflies, native bees, bird baths, nest boxes and how to care for your native plants in various soil types.

As well as a host of information for schools, educational resources and links to helpful, up to date information. 

So why not give it a go and see what you can come up with?

I found out why I have so many tree frogs - Lophostemon confertus (Brush Box)

and I thought the butterflies were stunning around this tree!

Create a garden

 

Any questions about Native plants for our local area pop in and speak to 

Charlie in our Nursery

Phone: 02 40 845677

Or

Contact 

Trees in Newcastle

http://www.treesinnewcastle.org.au/page19194/Local-Native-Plants.aspx

 252 Parry Street,
Newcastle West, 2302 

Phone: (02) 4969 1500

Local Provenance is the term used to describe native plant populations that naturally occur in a given area, so help protect our Native Bushland and look into what to plant where.

It is a small step that makes a huge difference!

Lynne and caring for her Mum

 For those interested in what I do in my "spare time" pop on over and have a look.

http://tiilipeninsula.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-look-after-my-mother.html

Upcoming Events

*Join us for the monthly BBQ 12.30 on Sunday 19^th June. 

 Invite your friends!!!! Remember byo!

*100 CLUB has Started: Cost $2 to be drawn at BBQ each month

Can you turn a $2 gold coin into a $50 note?

Got to be in it to win it!

*Sunday 10^th 11am for the BIG AUCTION

 Barney has offered to auction some of the treasures he thinks we can round up.

Don’t put items of value out with the roadside clean-up! 

We can find them a new home!

Bring them to Tilligerry Habitat by Wednesday 6^th July.

Other planned events

National Tree Day on Sunday 31^st July!!!

We are also planning a Trivia Night in August.

More information on these events coming soon!

Koala Trivia

Koala Facts

• Since European Settlement 80% of Koala habitat has been destroyed
• Habitat is the bushland where they live and breed (Eucalypt forest)
• A Koala sleeps 17 to 22 hours per day
• They have individual fingerprints and are the only animal, apart from humans, that do
• They do not migrate and don't naturally occur on islands
• Southern koalas are bigger, browner and have thicker fur than Northern ones
• There is only one species of Koala
• A healthy Koala lives for approximately 10 years in the wild
• The oldest known zoo koala was a female who lived to 23 years old at Lone Pine Sanctuary in Queensland.named  Sarah and she is in the Guiness Book of Records as the oldest known koala. The oldest known male koala  wasTam Tam at Tama Zoo near Tokyo. He lived to 22. 
• ‘Koala’ is thought to have meant 'no drink' in one of the Aboriginal languages. 
• a male koala as a ‘buck’ and a female as a ‘doe’.
• A baby koala is called a 'joey' .  
• The pouch is  situated in the centre of the female's abdomen and the opening faces straight outwards, 

• One of the reasons koalas don't live a long time is because when their teeth get ground down from eating the tough eucalyptus leaves, they don't grow back, so after a time, they can't grind the leaves down properly and get enough nourishment from them
• The Koala is the only mammal, other than the Greater Glider and Ring tail Possum, which can survive on a diet of eucalyptus leaves. 
• Each koala eats approximately 200 to 500 grams of leaves per day. 
• Koalas are very fussy eaters and have strong preferences for different types of gum leaves.
• The koala’s paws are specially adapted for gripping and climbing. Rough pads on the palms and soles help it to grip tree trunks and branches, and both front and hind paws have long sharp claws. Each paw has five digits. Distinctive parallel koala scratch marks on tree trunks are due to this particular characteristic.

•  On the hind paw the second and third digits are fused together to form a double-clawed digit which is used for grooming purposes, such as for removing ticks.