Major Road Projects Victoria trucked in some much-needed mulch for Moonlit Sanctuary’s Tasmanian devils this week.
Project staff from Major Road Projects Victoria and Seymour Whyte braved a cold Pearcedale morning to bring a donation of mulch from removed trees on the Clyde Road Upgrade.
The team was on the shovels early on Tuesday morning to bring down the mulch from the project site and wheel it into the enclosure for the Sanctuary’s famous old devil Ronald.
MRPV ensures any trees removed on its projects are carefully reused for the benefit of the community.
For trees that had to be removed on the Clyde Road Upgrade, to make way for the new lanes and shared user paths being built, the team has found a number of local organisations, schools and charities to utilise this wood and give it a second life elsewhere locally.
The project aims to reuse and recycle the trees for a range of uses including nesting and wildlife habitats for community gardens and parks. The donated mulch was part of the project’s requirements to minimise the removal of trees where possible and reuse and recycle all tree material that has to be removed.
This donation to Moonlit Sanctuary, located less than 30 kilometres from the project site in Berwick, helps support the local zoo, which opened in 2001.
With nearly 250,000 visitors attending the sanctuary in 2024, the preserve is home to a number of Australian animals including the Tasmanian devil, koalas, wombats, gliders, dingoes and quolls, amongst others.
