Batty Boat Valentine’s Cruise February 2024

Batty Boat Valentine’s Cruise February 2024

Come along to Wildlife Queensland’s Batty Boat Valentine’s Cruise on Sunday 11 February 2024, and learn all about Brisbane’s local flying-fox species and the vital ecosystem services they provide as pollinators. Enjoy a beverage or snack from the MV...
Batty Boat Xmas Cruise 2023

Batty Boat Xmas Cruise 2023

Enjoy a batastic evening … Dress up in your Xmas ‘blingiest’ best and celebrate all things batty with Wildlife Queensland on our unique Batty Boat Cruise. Interact with orphaned baby bats from Bat Conservation and Rescue and watch the flying-foxes...
Flying-foxes: Guardians of biodiversity

Flying-foxes: Guardians of biodiversity

27 September 2023 September was Biodiversity Month — a month dedicated to promoting the importance of biodiversity through awareness, conservation, and sustainable practices. Flying-foxes, also known as fruit bats, stand as the unsung biodiversity heroes....
Batty Boat Halloween Cruise 2023

Batty Boat Halloween Cruise 2023

Dress up in your Halloween best and celebrate all things batty with Wildlife Queensland and Bat Conservation and Rescue Qld on our unique Batty Boat Halloween Cruise. Interact with orphaned baby bats on board and watch the flying-foxes wheel out over the river at...
Supporting bat conservation and rescue this Bat Appreciation Day

Supporting bat conservation and rescue this Bat Appreciation Day

17 April 2023 Today is International Bat Appreciation Day 2023, a day to celebrate and learn more about the vital role bats play in nature. There are more than 1,200 bat species in the world, accounting for almost a fifth of all mammal species. Bats display an...
Passengers go ‘Batty’ for Halloween Cruise

Passengers go ‘Batty’ for Halloween Cruise

© Jo Towsey Images from left: 4-week-old orphaned black flying-fox, Georgia; Craft sign and a bat puppet made by a Batty Boat crafty kid; Wildlife Queensland volunteers Zai and Jasmine with Peter the boat skipper. Images: Jo Towsey. 3 November 2022 Beautiful warm...
Batty Boat ‘Spring into Summer’ Cruise 2022

Batty Boat ‘Spring into Summer’ Cruise 2022

Book tickets on Eventbrite here Boats, bats and Brisbane River views … what more could you want? As spring and summer bring back the warmer weather, get out and about and cruise the beautiful twilight Brisbane River while learning about local flying-foxes and...
Wildlife Talks in the Maryborough Library – Flying-Foxes

Wildlife Talks in the Maryborough Library – Flying-Foxes

Learn about flying-foxes including their life cycle, health and safety matters, their importance and advice about living near flying-foxes. This talk is part of Wildlife Queensland Fraser Coast Branch’s free monthly Wildlife Talks series. Bookings and further...
Wildlife Talks in the Maryborough Library – Flying-Foxes

Wildlife Talks in the Hervey Bay Library – Flying-Foxes

Learn about flying-foxes including their life cycle, health and safety matters, their importance and advice about living near flying-foxes. This talk is part of Wildlife Queensland Fraser Coast Branch’s free monthly Wildlife Talks series. Bookings and further...
Wildlife Talks in the Maryborough Library – Flying-Foxes

Funds for Flying Foxes Across the State

23 August 2021 Flying Fox Roost Management Grants Should Prioritise Coexistence Wildlife Queensland welcomes the Queensland Government’s Flying-fox Roost Management Local Governments Grants Program, which makes available $2 million in grant funding for 2021–2024 to...
Join our ‘Spooktacular’ Halloween Batty Boat Cruise

Join our ‘Spooktacular’ Halloween Batty Boat Cruise

    16 August 2021 It wouldn’t be Halloween without bats! Dress up and join us on 31 October 2021 for a Halloween Batty Boat Cruise that promises to be truly ‘spooktacular’. Not only will you cruise the Brisbane River at dusk aboard the MV Neptune, taking in the...
Halloween Batty Boat Cruise

Halloween Batty Boat Cruise

Join Wildlife Queensland on a bat-tastic Brisbane River cruise for Halloween! Watch the bats fly over the Brisbane River at sunset, interact with orphaned baby bats on board, and listen to live commentary about Brisbane flying-fox species and other amazing wildlife....

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