Wild Deserts winter tours
After a very successful launch of our Wild Deserts Experience Winter Tours in 2023 where over 50 visitors enjoyed the opportunity to meet our scientists in person and learn about our work first hand, we are running further tours during the peak visitor season in mid-2024.
Tours are free and bookings are not required, just meet us at the Talpera Lookout, Sturt National Park.
Newsletters
Our newsletter is written by our chief ecologist, Dr Rebecca West and published quarterly. Starring the status of our reintroduced mammal species we also provide other research, infrastructure, community and event updates as we aim to inform our supporters and followers of all the highlights at Wild Deserts. Everyone is welcome to subscribe to our newsletter.
Read our latest e-newsletter
Wet weather fills Lake Pinaroo and greens the desert ~ Planning for the arrival of western quolls and burrowing bettongs ~ Feral cat tracking ~ Herbarium update ~ A profile of our summer caretakers ~ What's coming up in the next few months at Wild Deserts
Past newsletters
Major news events at Wild Deserts
2024
Wild Deserts sculpture and garden on UNSW Campus: Inside UNSW - UNSW unveils the Greater Bilby and Current Students - UNSW welcomes our newest student to campus - the Greater Bilby!
Wild Deserts family: The Australian - Remote family treasures its desert schooling
2023
Rewilding: UNSW Centre for Ideas x National Science Week 2023 Forum
Bandicoot survival: Smithsonian Magazine - The Unlikely Survival Story of Australia's Bandicoots
Rewilding the Desert: The Guardian - Beyond the fence: what does it mean to rewild the Australian desert?
2022
Interpretation area opens: UNSW Newsroom - Interpretation area for wildlife conservation opens in Sturt National Park
Golden bandicoot release: UNSW Newsroom - A shining success as golden bandicoots return to the desert
Wild Deserts Australian Story: UNSW Newsroom - The most remote family in NSW are on a mission. It could change the desert...
Mammals now thriving: UNSW Newsroom - Reintroduced mammals now thriving in Sturt National Park
2021
Shark Bay bandicoot release: UNSW Newsroom - Bandicoots return to Sturt National Park after more than a century / watch on YouTube
2020
Bilby release: ABC News - Bilbies released into Sturt National Park, 100 years after being declared extinct in NSW
Mulgara release: Australian Geographic - 19 crest-tailed mulgaras have been released in NSW for the first time
2019
Rewilding project: SMH - Radical plan to halt mammal extinctions in NSW
2018
Artefact relocation: ABC News - Ancient artefacts last link to country for Wangkumara and Maljangapa Indigenous nations
Pitfall trapping and start of fence clearing: ABC News - Missing mulgaras and bashful bilbies: Sturt National Park prepares for their return
Bilby Sanctuary established at Taronga Zoo: Australian Geographic: The bilby is making a comeback in outback NSW
2017
Mulgara Discovery: ABC News: Native crest-tailed mulgara returns to NSW outback after 100-year absence
Project Launch: UNSW Newsroom: Bilbies and bettongs to return to NSW