Bilba's Last Desert Activity Pack
A journey of discovery with Bilba the Bilby!
What's inside:
- Page 2 — Desert Word Hunt
- Page 3 — Count What Bilba Found
- Page 4 — Help Bilba Find the Way Maze
- Page 5 — Trace the Journey Words
- Page 6 — Colour Bilba's Desert
- Page 7 — Answers & Notes for Grown-Ups
🏜️ Desert Word Hunt
Can you find all 8 words hiding in Bilba's desert grid?
| M | O | D | V | W | U | I | D | O | T | E | P |
| J | O | M | D | G | J | X | F | O | O | J | J |
| V | Y | B | E | B | E | C | G | J | V | Y | N |
| D | O | I | S | C | O | R | Q | O | V | A | F |
| N | U | L | E | I | C | C | A | E | F | N | J |
| O | D | B | R | G | T | P | V | L | Z | C | N |
| U | U | A | T | E | E | W | A | C | D | M | T |
| U | J | U | P | B | O | S | R | S | A | L | I |
| G | J | O | U | R | N | E | Y | I | Q | R | K |
| B | H | A | R | Y | I | U | G | C | G | J | E |
| Q | O | U | Y | Q | E | K | Z | Q | Z | I | R |
| W | B | X | X | J | U | X | V | Q | J | U | Q |
- BILBA
- GERALD
- DESERT
- BURROW
- JOURNEY
- DOT
- HOPE
- CARE
🏜️ Count What Bilba Found
Count each group and write the number on the line.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
How many stars? _____
🕳️ 🕳️ 🕳️ 🕳️ 🕳️
How many old burrows? _____
🍃 🍃 🍃 🍃
How many gum leaves? _____
🐾 🐾 🐾 🐾 🐾 🐾
How many paw prints? _____
🏜️ 🏜️ 🏜️
How many red hills? _____
🐰 Help Bilba Find the Way
Help Bilba travel across the desert to find the other bilbies. Only one path is correct!
✍️ Trace the Journey Words
Trace each word, then try writing it yourself on the dotted line.
✅ Answers & Notes for Grown-Ups
Word Hunt: BILBA, GERALD, DESERT, BURROW, JOURNEY, DOT, HOPE, CARE — all found! Words run across, down, and diagonally.
Counting: Stars = 7, Old Burrows = 5, Gum Leaves = 4, Paw Prints = 6, Red Hills = 3.
Maze: The correct path follows the green trail from Bilba (top left) down and across to the burrows (bottom right).
Talking points for grown-ups
- In the story, Bilba finds old burrows that have been empty for a long time. Real bilbies have disappeared from about 80% of the places they used to live in Australia. Why do you think that happened?
- The story says "as long as someone cares... the story is not over." What is one small thing you could do to help protect animals?
- Bilba felt sad when she saw the empty burrows, but the story ends with hope. Talk about a time something felt hard, but you found hope too.