The readers of the Gladstone Observer love their Backyard Buddies so much that the paper is printing regular articles about Backyard Buddies.
Backyard Buddies is a free education program run by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife about Australian animals you're likely to see each month, with tips on how to make your backyard safe and inviting for them.
Backyard buddies are the native animals that share our built-up areas, waterways, backyards and parks.
Backyard buddies are also the people who value native animals and plants and want to protect them. So you can be a backyard buddy.
Sign up to Backyard Buddies and each month you will get a Backyard Buddies email (B-mail) with tips to make your backyard inviting and safe for native animals. Sign up for B-mail at www.fnpw.org.au/news-media/latest-news-sign-up.
You can also visit the Backyard Buddies website for free info about animals and other resources, at www.backyardbuddies.net.au.
Backyard Buddies is also on Facebook! Share photos of your buddies, chat with other buddies about what's in their area at the moment, and enter competitions to win Backyard Buddy toys at www.facebook.com/backyardbuddies.
In the Media
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 9th December 2011 - Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 5th January 2012 - Ladybirds, Egrets & Dollarbirds
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 5th January 2012 - Ladybirds
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 3rd February 2012 - Crested Pigeons
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 3rd February 2012 - Crested Pigeons
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 6th February 2012 - Dainty Swallowtail Butterfly
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 6th February 2012 - Dainty Swallowtail Butterfly
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 7th February 2012 - St Andrews Cross Spider
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 7th February 2012 - St Andrews Cross Spider
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 8th February 2012 - Blue Tongues
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 8th February 2012 - Blue Tongues
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 8th February 2012 - Frogs
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 9th February 2012 - Ringtail Possums
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 9th February 2012 - Ringtail Possums
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 10th February 2012 - Seagulls
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 10th February 2012 - Seagulls
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 13th February 2012 - Stick Insects
- Gladstone Observer QLD (Online), 13th February 2012 - Stick Insects
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 24th March 2012 - Spotted Tail Quolls
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 28th March 2012 - Pied Currawongs
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 11th April 2012 - Blue Tongues
- Gladstone Observer QLD, 18th April 2012 - Frogs











