YOU LOVE BILBIES … AND SO DO WE
You asked and we listened. In 2025, we are offering our famously Australian made, milk chocolate Bilby across all leading retailers.
With every chocolate Bilby purchase, 20 cents will be donated to the national breeding program to support the Save The Bilby Fund’s mission to have 10,000 Bilbies in the population by 2030.
We dream of saving Bilbies from extinction in our lifetime, and helping has never been more delicious with our smooth and creamy milk chocolate.
HOP INTO OUR EASTER BILBY COLOURING COMPETITION AND WIN!
Do you have a creative kid? We’re calling all 5-12 year olds to hop into our Easter Bilby Colouring Competition for a chance to WIN a delicious family Darrell Lea Easter hamper!
To enter:
- Open to 5-12 year olds
- Download the colouring competition form:
5-8 year old colouring in sheet
9-12 year old colouring in sheet
- Colour and email a photo of the entry form along with the entrant’s name, date of birth, parent/guardian’s address and contact phone number to [email protected] by 5pm AEDT, Wednesday 9 April 2025
- 2 x Darrell Lea Easter hampers to be won. There is a 5-8 year old and a 9-12 year old age category.
Terms and conditions
Entry is open to Australian residents aged 5-12 years only. All entries must be received by 5pm AEDT, Wednesday 9 April 2025. To enter, entrants should colour in the Bilby colouring form for their correct age group, take a photo of it and email it through to [email protected], with their name, date of birth, parent/guardian’s address and contact phone number.
Competition is a game of skill and the most creative entry will be selected by the judges. One entry accepted per entrant. One prize will be awarded to each different age group: 5-8 years and 9-12 years. Total of two (2) prizes to giveaway at the end of the promotion period. The prize is one (1) Darrell Lea hamper (worth $100 RRP) for each age category. The prizes are not transferrable and cannot be taken as cash.
Judging will take place on Friday 11 April, 2025 at 10am AEDT. The winner’s parent/guardian will be contacted by phone or email. Any unclaimed prizes remaining after 9am AEDT, 14 April 2025 will be reallocated to the runner-up. All decisions made by the promoter in respect of the promotion are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
A LONG PARTNERSHIP
A LASTING LEGACY
Our long-lasting partnership with the Save the Bilby Fund began in 1999 in order to help protect these wonderful Australian animals from extinction.
This year we are proud to be back again. We have a vision to ensure the Bilby is safe from extinction within our lifetime, which is why 20 cents from every Bilby sold this year, will go to the Save the Bilby Fund.
SAVING THE BILBY WITH A SAFE
SANCTUARY
The money raised helped to support the National Breeding Program and Facility along with the National Recovery team. Something we’re proud to be a part of.
The Save the Bilby Fund is a not-for-profit, non-government organisation dedicated to the conservation of Bilbies.
SIGNIFICANCE TO AUSTRALIA
Bilby ancestors have been found as fossilised remains dating back 15 million years which make them a very special species. They have been an intrinsic part of the landscape across 70% of the Australian mainland for all that time.
Bilbies are now only found in small areas in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South-West Queensland. Until recently, Australia had two species of Bilbies the Greater Bilby and the Lesser Bilby. The Lesser Bilby is already believed to be extinct. The Greater Bilby is the largest member of the bandicoot family.
Bilbies are a scientific ‘flagship’ species. This means that their protection is even more important because their survival in turn increases the chances of 16 other threatened species and countless others who share the same habitats and threatening processes in the wild. Bilbies are one of nature’s eco engineers, they play a really important part in the restoration of soil and rejuvenation of vegetation in arid Australia.
Saving the Bilby from extinction also means saving other native species. Plus, it will help restore the critically important ecosystems at play in arid Australia.
Eat chocolate! Well eat one of our chocolate Bilbies.
You can also learn more and donate directly
“We are really excited to be working with Darrell Lea again as a major fund-raising partner for Save The Bilby Fund. The funds raised by Darrell Lea selling Australian made chocolate Bilbies will enable us to continue the important Bilby conservation work that we are doing.”
Save The Bilby Fund – Sara Mansfield
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