Australasian Bat Nights

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See for yourself what Australasian Bat Night is all about! Get outdoors, learn about bats and have fun with the kids!

Saturday 9 May Brisbane Bat Festival 4pm – 7.30pm

CWCN Centre 47 Hepworth St, Chapel Hill (UBD 178 A11)

A festival for the entire family. Activities for everyone

Kids’ activities – Face painting, Craft, and Bat Games
Prizes for best dressed batty costumes
Find out about bat rescue and meet a bat in care. See the display from Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland (BCRQ)and find out how you can help bats.
Have your photo taken with BCRQ’s human sized costume bat- Stella. Don’t forget to bring your camera.
Compare humans and bats with bat skeletons on display
Find out what microbats fly round your gardens at night. Bat scientists Drs Monika and Martin Rhodes will present the amazing findings of the bat survey conducted for and with Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network
Find out how scientists study and catch bats including viewing a harp trap
Go on a bat walk and detect microbats with bat scientists, Monika, Julie and Martin. Julie will be demonstrating the amazing new Anabat Walkabout detector which can help identify the bats from their calls.
Enter the fun Bat Quiz for a chance to win a fabulous prize donated by Titley Scientific or your very own bat box donated by Hollow Log homes.
And if you get hungry there is a Sausage Sizzle – snags, refreshments, coffee and cake.

This fun and educative bat festival is sponsored by Titley Scientific, Fauna Surveys on the Wing, Bat conservation & Rescue Queensland Inc, Cubberla Witton Catchments Network Inc, Queensland Water and Land Carers(QWALC), Brisbane Inner-west Lions Club, Brisbane City Council, Australian Government, SEQ Catchments and the Australasian Bat Society.