We are very fortunate to still get platypus sightings in our area. The Platypus is a unique Australian species. Along with Echidnas, Platypuses are grouped in a separate order of mammals known as Monotremes, which means they are the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like other monotremes it…

The yellow-bellied glider is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in native eucalypt forests in eastern Australia. This marsupial about the size of a rabbit. It typically has grey-brown fur on its back and has an distinctive buttermilk-coloured belly, with large pointed ears and a long tail. Yellow-bellied gliders are social and spend the day in a leaf-lined tree hole, which is usually…