Author : Georgia Cameron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995429406
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (294 download)
Book Synopsis Mikey the Powerful Owlet by : Georgia Cameron
Download or read book Mikey the Powerful Owlet written by Georgia Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This limited-edition photo book showcases Mikey the Powerful Owlet, his family, friends and the community campaign (Byles Creek Valley Union, Save Beecroft and Cheltenham Alliance, and Beecroft Cheltenham Civic Trust) to save his home in Byles Creek Valley (Beecroft and Cheltenham) from development. Byles Creek Valley was named after Marie Beuzeville Byles (8 April 1900 - 21 November 1979), a committed conservationist, pacifist, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales, mountaineer, explorer, avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales and founder of the Beecroft Cheltenham Civic Trust who donated her home ?Ahimsa? in Day Road Cheltenham to the National Trust (The summit of her ambition: the spirited life of Marie Byles by author Anne McLeod, 2016). While written in the voice of a juvenile Powerful Owl (a vulnerable species in NSW), the book aims to educate readers on Australia's largest owl and their habitat including references to Sydney Wildlife and Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation.The foreword has been written by Graham Ross VMM (local celebrity, radio broadcaster, TV presenter and horticultural expert) and afterword by David Shoebridge (Member NSW Legislative Council), both of whom have contributed to the campaign to save Mikey's home. Mikey's family have been surveyed for four years as part of BirdLife Australia's Powerful Owl Project. Accordingly, $5 from each limited first edition hardcopy sold will be donated to this cause, so they can continue their mission "to learn from and help conserve remaining Powerful Owl populations".