… and the Byron Shire-based environmental group wants everyone to join in the hilarity by grabbing a ticket to Seriously Funny, one-night-only comedy fundraiser on Thursday, February 6, at Bangalow’s A&I Hall.
Headlined by the ever-hilarious Jimeoin and Mandy Nolan, the night will also feature appearances from stand-up comedian, actor and radio and television personality, Harley Breen, as well as Bangalow Koalas’ mascot, Keith the Koala.
Bangalow Lions Club will be manning the bar, the Singh family will serve up their famous curries and an online silent auction of some highly-prized items and local experiences will be launched on the night.
All proceeds raised from the event will help bring Bangalow Koalas closer to its goal of planting its 500,000th tree by the end of this year.
Bangalow Koalas president, Linda Sparrow, says since 2019, Bangalow Koalas has planted 413,737 trees on properties across seven different shires in Northern NSW. ‘To kickstart 2025, we’re inviting people to buy a ticket and enjoy a night of raucous laughter in Bangalow to help us achieve our milestone of planting that all-important 500,000th tree this year.’
Every tree planted becomes part of what’s known as a ‘koala corridor’, a corridor of trees that connects once-fragmented patches of habitat with newly planted stretches of foliage.
‘Habitat destruction and loss is one of the biggest threats Australia’s east coast koalas are facing,’ says Ms Sparrow. ‘This is why Bangalow Koalas has been working so hard to create and restore the koala corridor.’
‘The effort is already paying off. We’ve seen koala scats – in other words koala poo – around trees that we planted just a couple of years ago as well as scratchings recorded amongst them, too.
‘Seeing tangible evidence of koalas on trees so young gives us hope that we, not only can but we are, bringing them back from the brink – buying a ticket to Seriously Funny is everyone’s chance to be involved and play a part in that.’
Doors for Seriously Funny open at 6.30pm on Thursday, February 6 at the A&I Hall, 3 Station Street, Bangalow.
Tickets on sale now at tinyurl.com/seriously-funny.
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