National Bilby Day
The bilby is the only Australian animal with an official gazetted day of celebration! This is because the bilby is so incredibly important as a flagship species – if they survive, so do many other threatened species and so they are the perfect critter to front biodiversity month in September. It is National Bilby Day on the second Sunday of September – the 8th in 2024 and the 14th in 2025. Frank Manthey, led the campaign for this – the only gazetted day in Australia that celebrates one of our amazing native species. Our bilby lovers find many ways to celebrate National Bilby Day. Many of you hold fundraisers at schools or clubs whereas others may hold bilby parties. Here are some ideas from our bilby loving community. Please show us your celebrations by tagging us #nationalbilbyday #savethebilbyfund on Instagram Or post to our Facebook page |
Our Bilby loving supporters
Chocolate Box online bilby chocs
The team at Chocolate Box again this year are also ready to help celebrate National Bilby Day. You can purchase chocolate bilbies and bilby hampers and bilby chocolates online.
THANK YOU Chocolate Box Team 
CLICK HERE to purchase the National Bilby Day range.
Animalia Bilby garden art!
The great team at Animalia garden art have decided to go big this National Bilby Day and are over the moon to be offering Bilby Lovers and 25% off ALL bilby designs and a FREE mini Bilby with every order – PLUS the usual 10% donation of sales will be donated to Save the Bilby Fund
You guys at Animalia are the BEST 😍
CLICK HERE to order
More fabulous and beautiful bilby items
Our wonderful community of bilby lovers are also getting involved – and you can too! Buy any of these beautiful bilby items and the Fund will again receive a donation.
Isabella Golighty designs has the most gorgeous bilby pattern to download. Susan, the owner, has supported us for years with her time and designs – Thank you Susan!
Earth Greetings natural bamboo bilbies are an absolute delight. They make great Easter and Christmas decorations but are also just perfect for National Bilby Day! They have supported the fund with a donation for all bilby product purchases for many years. Earth Greetings you rock!
Not only are the SHP Family supporting us as a Mate of the Bilby, they also make a donation for all their bilby themed products. Their re-usable night day nappies and bilby beanies are just the cutest!
National Bilby Day activities for kids..or the young at heart
Crochet anyone?
We have these adorable patterns for crocheting your own cute bilby or for a gift for a bilby lover in your life.
If you want to crochet to help raise money for National Bilby Day, we often sell handmade bilbies in our online shop. Please reach out to supportercare@savethebilbyfund.org.au and Beck can help.
Craft Ideas too!
Make a bilby out of paper plates and a cup or a nature bilby, made out of found items. Also here is where you can find your bilby crown for the winner of the poo hunt!
If you make these or try your own construction we definitely would love to see them! Don’t forget to share.
Authors and their wonderful books that support bilby conservation
The wonderful Kaye Kessing and Ali Garnett book – buy her book from our online shop. Out Of Stock
Kris Sheather
Kris Sheather, the author of Bedtime Bilby, has been a very generous contributor to Save the Bilby Fund since 2017 when Kris published Bedtime Bilby and has been donating to the fund ever since.
Lyn Blanch, Save the bilby Fund supporter for many years, is a delightful children author and a long term supporter of bilby conservation.
This can also be bought in our online shop or click here to check out the author.
Are you an educator? Read this book with your students and use the sheets available here.