Welcome visitors!

We had lovely possum visitors around 9:00pm - a beautiful welcome on our first night!

This female came with her young offspring and both were quite happily eating cherry tomatoes - until Nick offered them some banana!  The mum was obviously very comfortable around people and would take food from our hands but her youngster was happier much further away, eating out of the limelight.  Erin found another banana-loving possum up a nearby tree and we spotted many more during our stay.

Hello, Possums!

Since commencing insulin injections last year, Nick has been very conscious of walking 10,000 steps a day.  This generally takes him about an hour and a half - so he fits the exercise in where he can, around his shift-work.

Lately, Nick has been walking of a night.  He encountered a Common Brushtail Possum at the waterfront reserve near our home several times.  As it seemed the possum was a regular at the park (and quite friendly), we have all visited several nights this week. On most occasions we have seen a few possums, including a mother piggy-backing her baby. 

They were out much earlier last night and we spotted at least five different individuals.  The mother and baby came down to share apple with us and it was lovely to see them so close.

Possum protest!

Sprung!

Although we are used to many night noises in the forest, Nick and I were woken by loud grunting at around 9:30pm. I grabbed a torch and very bravely strode outside in my jamies to investigate.

I shone the torch around and surprised a large possum next to camp! It was the first time we had seen or heard one and therefore we weren't sure if he was a new arrival or only active in February.

Nick's toes cramped during the night, so he was up again later and spotted roos and a bandicoot also.