Comments on: Numbat alert!

By: Susannah

Susannah — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:26:59 +0000

WOW!! amazing photos.

but the dead roadkill totally not.

Other from that LOL totally. you are soo good at making websites. Did you take the photos? lol

from Susie

By: Jarrad Cousin

Jarrad Cousin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:18:26 +0000

These are FANTASTIC Numbat photos!! I was fortunate enough to undertake fieldwork at Dryandra Woodland for 2.5 years (2000 – 2002) as part of my Master research into the ecology of the Western Yellow Robin. I only managed to glimpse the numbat on a number of occassions, the best of which was rescuing 3 baby numbats that had left thier log in obvious desperation following their mother’s likely death at the claws of a raptor. I also managed to capture a very blurred image of one carrying nesting material into a log! Interestingly, another reason that these and other marsupials are able to persist in Dryandra is due in large part to the widespread presence of Gastrolobium (Poison Pea) plants that harbour a chemical with an almost identical chemical signature to the 1080 poison! Coming into contact with these bushes is apparently lethal to many introduced animals (thankfully not humans). I still regard Dryandra as one of the most magic places in the world, and am priveleged to have been able to stay there (There was a time when you only paid $15 a night to stay there…. no doubt that’s changed)! Thank you for sharing your experiences and photos!!

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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:50:48 +0000

[...] however, a distinct lack of reptiles at the conference. So at the end of the week I went down to revisit Dryandra Woodland. Now, Dryandra isn’t all about reptiles. Not many people know this, but there [...]

By: Dryandra Woodland - revisited - revisited | Stewed Thoughts by Stewart Macdonald

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:15:29 +0000

[...] Indian palm squirrels that have escaped from Perth zoo. They are, in fact, native animals called numbats. We saw lots of these so-called numbats running around the place, but unfortunately I didn’t [...]

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Dryandra Woodland - revisited | Stewed Thoughts by Stewart Macdonald — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:40:36 +0000

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By: Janet Reid

Janet Reid — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:57:52 +0000

Fantastic photos of our West Australian mammal emblem the Numbat, and you were certainly very lucky to see any in the wild! There are so few of them now that it is really frightening. For further info on Numbats, their plight, and the recovery plans that are in place to ensure their future existence, have a look at Project Numbat’s website http://www.numbat.org.au

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:41:56 +0000

Wow fantatsic photos – I click on the photo to see hat zoo you took it in! lol

You’ve given me yet more reason to come visit Australia!

By: flattail

flattail — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:41:06 +0000

Some of the best numbat pictures I have ever seen–and an excellent description of your encounters with them! Thanks for sharing these experiences. Dryandra is definitely on my list of places to visit now!

By: Possum

Possum — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:56:38 +0000

Wow! I’ve always loved numbats too. Stumbled across your Numbat encounter while looking for a site about Numbats to link our Girl Guide Website to. Our Girl Guide Unit is named after the adorable Numbat as our founding members considered themselves to be endangered too.
Thanks for an exciting read and fantastic photos.

By: David de Groot

David de Groot — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:01:18 +0000

I’m impressed. I’ve always loved numbats too, but living on the east coast, I’ve never seen one.