{"id":317,"date":"2025-03-12T00:14:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecommsdoctor.com.au\/stories\/?p=317"},"modified":"2025-03-12T00:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:23:18","slug":"case-1-regent-honeyeater-chiltern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecommsdoctor.com.au\/stories\/case-1-regent-honeyeater-chiltern\/","title":{"rendered":"Case 1: Regent Honeyeater @ Chiltern"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Reflections”, by Kirrily Anderson, Chiltern Recreation Reserve (Photo: W Ward)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Challenge<\/em><\/p>\n

The Regent Honeyeater is critically endangered native songbird living in southeastern Australia. One of the few remaining breeding sites for existing breeding pairs is in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park in North East Victoria.<\/p>\n

The plight of this bird is indicative of the loss of its breeding habitat across the grain belt of Southeastern Australia due to clearing for agriculture over the past 150 years; the national park is one of the few remaining intact White Box-Ironbark Gum forests that provide suitable breeding sites in the region.<\/p>\n

Approach<\/em><\/p>\n

The Victorian Department of Environment, Lands, Water and Planning approached The Comms Doctor\u00ae<\/a> to increase public awareness of the Regent Honeyeater and the national park that surrounds the small township of Chiltern; this is situated on the Hume Highway, the main arterial road between Sydney and Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Department officers particularly wanted to make local townspeople more aware of the bird. and increase their involvement in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park. They decided a giant mural commissioned with a local artist at the local football and netball ground would help achieve this goal. The Comms Doctor\u00ae saw potential to go a little further with this communication project.<\/p>\n

Outcomes<\/em><\/p>\n

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