Sir George the baby Brushtailed Phascogale

We found Sir George huddled up on the decking at the back of the house we were staying in. At first we thought he was a marsupial mouse (his body was about 5 cm long), maybe injured because he made no attempt to run away from us. Then we realised he was actually a very young baby of something much larger, maybe a possum: eyes closed, nuzzling blindly, barely able to crawl. Every now and then he'd make a chirping noise and something on the roof would chirp back. We decided to leave him alone in case his mother returned. But she didn't. The next morning we found him curled up in the BBQ cover we'd left on the ground, still chirping, still nuzzling. So we made him a little nest out of a Jatz box and tissues, hoping that his mother would come back while we were out walking. But she didn't. The next morning he was still in the box, still chirping and nuzzling, no sign of scat or mother, so we took him to the ranger. The ranger was quite pleased to receive him. "They're not common around here," he said. He then took it to a carer who would look after it until it was old enough to be set free.

Good luck Sir George.

Here's some info about Brush-tailed Phascogales

Bibbulmun Track: Light's Beach to William Bay Campsite

2nd October:

4.5 km (9km return)

We chose this walk because it promised views and not too many hills. The trouble was, the views were too good, the wildflowers too prolific. We kept stopping to just stand and look and take photos. Here we are on the first leg.



I knew walking around Denmark was going to be good, but I hadn't realised it was going to be this good. The track led us over a beach where we had to leap over a creek mouth. "What do we do if the tide comes in?" B asks. "Wade," we say. I didn't mind if I got my shoes wet, but as it turned out, they really are waterproof.



Sometimes we walked through trees:



And sometimes through sand. Some of us liked to stop for a close up look at the wildlife:



Some of us needed help up the hills:



We all liked sitting on rocks to admire the views:



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