Themes of 2026 BMWKD Events: Community, Connection, Compassion
The themes of the 2026 Blue Mountains World Kangaroo Day Events are ...
COMMUNITY - Getting local communities involved in the monitoring, protection & care of local kangaroos & supporting our Rescuers & Carers.
CONNECTION - How to work together in harmony; in the face of cruel actions inflicted on our kangaroos & our Kangaroo Rescuers & Carers.
COMPASSION - Investigate the resources we need to save, care for and protect our national icon and their Rescuers & Carers.
Photo by Jo
Our AIMS for the 2026 year is to focus on spreading the word about ...
...how amazing our kangaroos are
...and how we can help/support their rescuers and carers.
AIMs for Children in the Public & Children's Event will be ...
...to teach them to celebrate our beloved Kangaroos,
...a chance for children to find out how amazing kangaroos/macropods are
...a chance for children to discover the close interactions of kangaroo and their family groups,
Photo by Greg
The activities will be ...
FACEPAINTING A face painter will be available to paint Australia's native wildlife - Kangaroos, Koalas or Wombats -
as either CHEEK ART or FULL FACE ART
Photos from internet
CRAFT There will be a number of Kangaroo craft activities for children that they can build, paint and take home.
There will be KANGAROO - POUCHS, PUPPETS, MASKS, MODELLING with CUT OUTS and/or CARDBOARD FIGURES
Photos with firefox
Stories Two Children's Kangaroo books will be read aloud during the morning.
These two books are ...
'Vinnie' by Melinda Kerr and 'How Mother Kangaroo got her Pouch' by Rebecca Beetson
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Displays There will be a number of display posters with Kangaroo information ...
1. Kangaroos Senses - Ears, Nose, Eyes, Touch
2. How Kangaroos hop 3. Pouches & the birth of a joey 4. Kangaroos as Ecological Engineers 5. Slow down between dusk and dawn.
Photos from Mark & Tracy
Videos There will be videos to play like Kangaroo Dance and Care/Birth of a Joey
Puzzles There will have word/number puzzles for older children and jigsaw puzzles for young children.
These word/number puzzles are based on the displays - SENSES, HOW HOP, BIRTH and Ecological Engineers
OUTREACH is the process of informing the Public what is happening to our Kangaroos, their habitat and their Rescuers & Carers.
OUTREACH involves taking flyers, banners, posters and displays to public areas
and talking to people about what is happening to kangaroos and what we, the public, can do about it.
Outreach locations can be general or targeted.
General locations are whereever the general public is found and can be Town centres, Parks, Lookouts and Stations.
Targeted locations are whereever the specific audience is found and can be Theatres, businesses or Schools.
Outreach for BLUE MOUNTAINS WORLD KANGAROO DAY (BMWKD) EVENTS has two aims...
...to encourage attendence at one or all of the organised BMWKD Events,
...to inform those who can not attend about the challenges facing Kangaroos and their Rescuers & Carers.
We aim for OUTREACH to eventually extend all around the rim of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.
