Zoo Parents

As Guides your animal is the Yelow-footed Rock Wallaby.

You and your Unit can help Girl Guides NSW & ACT with their Zoo sponsorship.

About the Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby

This medium sized macropod (or big foot) lives in dry areas. Adults suck wet sand to get moisture from it and lick dew from the rocks. They eat grass roots and leaves, feeding in the early morning and late evening.

They are amongst the brightest-coloured members of the species and have special granulations on their feet to provide friction and grip against the rocks.

The tail is used for balancing and it is carried arched over the back while hopping. They live in colonies, numbering from ten to several hundreds. The female has a pouch and suckles the joey.

Their habitat and movement has been restricted by fences, clearing and predators.

Fundraising ideas

• - Why not try a walk-a-thon or hush-a-thon - now that would be challenging!!
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• - Hold a cake stall after doing some baking
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• - What about an art display of all your crafts and paintings.
  
• - Make up your own Create a Challenge Badge - about zoo sponsorship.
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• - See which Patrol can raise the most money for the Zoo Sponsorship.
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• - Use your creative ideas to raise your donation

Explore a challenge with the Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby

Raise awareness of an endangered animal, plant, bird or insect.

• - Create a poster
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• - Make a collage of pictures and information
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• - Set up a power-point presentation to share with the Unit or Patrol

Participate in a Service activity with other members of your Patrol or Unit.

• - Raise money for your Zoo animal by having a market night or a concert. Have an A-THON .
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• - Be Creative!

Invite a person who comes from another country to visit your Unit. 

• - Ask them to tell you about animals in their country which are endangered. What are they doing to help? 
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• - Suggest they tell you some animal tales, or a myth or legend associated with animals of their country.
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• - Share your knowledge of Australia’s endangered animals with them and tell them one of the Dreamtime stories.

Create your own challenge to widen your understanding of the world—in particular the habitat of your special animal.

• - Show the distribution of the species on a map. Find out what conservationists are doing to ensure the habitat is conserved.
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• - Focus on a particular country. Find out which animals are endangered and what governments and local groups are doing to slow declining numbers.