After many visits to the Malandra Rain Forest whilst staying in the Atherton Tablelands both in 2007 and this year 2010, in the hope of seeing a tree kangaroo we were rewarded on our last evening. We watched this Lumboltz Tree Kangaroo for a couple of hours. She was not very active even though we waited until well after dark (maybe it was because she has quite a large joey in her pouch) we finally left when we became too cold and hungry.
The Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo is found only in Queensland. They are small animals, with rounded ears and a masked dark fur face, with a long tail used for balance. The Tree Kangaroo is a nocturnal animal, and they stay in trees for the majority of their life. They do venture to the ground to find another tree to inhabit.
During the evening we had another view of the Green Ringtail Possum we had seen earlier in the day as he moved around the tree tops in search of food.
We were also fortunate to see this pointed nose bandicoot scurrying through the undergrowth
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