{"id":2851,"date":"2026-04-01T17:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/dig-deep-4-the-bilbies-giving-day-thank-you\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:11:35","slug":"dig-deep-4-the-bilbies-giving-day-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/dig-deep-4-the-bilbies-giving-day-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Deep 4 the Bilbies Giving Day – Thank you!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Wow. Just\u2026 wow.<\/p>

You\u2019ve done something truly special for the bilbies \u2013 and for our little organisation.<\/strong><\/p>

I\u2019m still catching my breath after our Dig Deep 4 the Bilbies Giving Day, because what you and our bilby\u2011loving community have done is nothing short of extraordinary.<\/p>

Thanks to you, and so many generous people like you, we didn\u2019t just reach our goal \u2013 we powered right past it and into our stretch goal as well.<\/p>

We set our first goal at $150,000, which you smashed through, then a stretch goal of $200,000, but we actually raised $233,355!!!<\/p>

And to top it off, we consolidated bank transfer donations, and we have smashed our target and officially ended on $384,604.36!!!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! See the total here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

Almost every single gift you made \u2013 big or small \u2013 has been DOUBLED by our big diggers.<\/p>

That means twice the fuel in the tank to get us out into bilby country.<\/p>

Twice the support to help maintain the predator exclusion fence and keep bilbies safe in the sanctuary.<\/p>

Twice the strength behind the scenes so we can organise those huge bilby census operations and be ready for the next re\u2011wilding outside the fence.<\/p>

You\u2019ve helped keep this tiny organisation standing, with the bills paid and the team in place, so we can be there for the bilbies when it really counts.<\/p>

When I think about those long nights during the census \u2013 volunteers and vets under torchlight, gently checking bilbies and returning them to their burrows \u2013 I\u2019ll be thinking of you too.<\/p>

Because you\u2019re right there with us in spirit, holding a headtorch, carrying a trap, topping up a fuel tank, keeping the lights on at our facilities, and making sure we can say yes to the next big job the bilbies need us to do.<\/p>

You are part of the digging brigade. And I couldn\u2019t be more grateful.<\/p>

Kev Bradley<\/strong><\/p>

CEO, Save the Bilby Fund<\/p>

P.S. I\u2019ll keep you all posted as our plans for the next census and future re\u2011wilding steps take shape, so you can see the difference your generosity is making, every step of the way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow. Just\u2026 wow. You\u2019ve done something truly special for the bilbies \u2013 and for our little organisation. I\u2019m still catching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,79,67,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bilbies","category-bilby-fundraising","category-news","category-our-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3491,"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions\/3491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebilbyfund.org.au\/26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}