The termite eating Numbat - Western Australia's mammal emblem. Almost extinct at one stage, but are now on the endangered list.

The beautiful Western Australia Christmas Tree.

Xanthorrhea Species

BrushTail Possum  -  They favour open forest and woodland with sufficient older trees to provide hollows.

Common Donkey Orchid - Flowering in profusion after summer wildfires, the common donkey orchid persists in many areas of remnant bushland near Perth.

The "rat-like" Quokka  -  now uncommon on the mainland and confined to isolated pockets within the south-west corner of WA and Rottnest Island.


 

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