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Meet some of your buddiesIn Australia, we're lucky to share our daily lives with some of the world's most beautiful native animals and plants. Find out some fascinating things about the animals that might visit or live in your local area - and get some simple tips to help you care for these special backyard buddies. 
Earthworm Superheroes in your SoilEarthworms make your garden a thriving, vibrant, magical place and there are plenty of easy things you can do to help them out. Click to download a free factsheet about earthworms. Click to read a 2012 B-mail featuring earthworms. 
Encourage small birds to visit your gardenThere are a lot of simple things you can do to make a great home for small birds right in your garden. See Finches, Wrens, Robins, Silvereyes, and more small birds! Click to download a free small birds factsheet. Click to read a 2012 B-mail featuring finches. 
Bring Butterflies to your BackyardButterflies are important pollinators of our native plants. Butterfly gardening plays an important role in increasing your backyard biodiversity Click to download a free butterfly factsheet. Click to read a 2012 B-mail featuring butterflies. Click to read a 2009 B-mail featuring butterflies. 
Let lucky ladybirds control your garden pestsLadybirds are our most welcome helpers to backyards and there are a few simple things you can do to attract ladybirds to your gardens Click to download a free ladybird factsheet. Click to read a 2012 B-mail featuring ladybirds. Click to read a 2009 B-mail featuring ladybirds. 
Cool Cockies CallingSulphur-crested Cockatoos are fun-loving and intelligent birds that are a delight to watch as they play, feed and fly around Click to download a free factsheet about Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. 
Help skinks thrive in your gardenJust give these beautiful little lizards a few hiding places in your backyard, and they'll hunt garden pests all day long. Click to download a free skink factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring skinks. 
Check out Australia's largest flying bird!Pelicans may look a bit comical, but these clowns of the waterways are more than just a hoot! Click to download a free Australian Pelican factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring Pelicans. 
It's a bird, it's a plane! It's the only flying mammal!There is a lot to love about Australia's four species of Flying-fox, also known as bats. Did you know they wouldn't eat cultivated fruit if they had something better? Find out more. Click to download a free Flying-fox factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring Flying-foxes. 
Have you seen a Crazy Coot?This black water bird with a white facial shield and beak is an exciting one to watch the next time you're near a pond, lake, stream, swamp or other waterway. Check out its monstrous feet! Click to download a free Coot factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring Coots. 
Possums scampering across your roof?If you've got possums on the roof you're not alone! Possums are one of the most commonly seen native animals around our homes and they're gorgeous creatures to watch as they go in search of food at night. Click to download a free possum factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring possums. 
Masked Avenger! Phantom of the outdoors!Don't be afraid of the Masked Lapwing. These feathered friends are simply protective parents, and with their bright yellow masks, they are aptly named. Click to download a free Masked Lapwing factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring Masked Lapwings.
Name that black & white bird?They're some of the most familiar faces around, but do you know which birds are which? Do you know the difference between a magpie lark and a magpie? Click to download a free black and white bird factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring black and white birds. 
Encourage kookaburras in your areaRaising your family and defending your territory - it's a serious business for Australia's famous 'laughing' birds. They love friendly neighbourhoods with lots of trees. Click to download a free kookaburra factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring kookaburras birds. 
Help frogs survive in the concrete jungleFrogs have simple needs. Give them some wet and shady spots, and a few hiding places, and they'll reward you by eating your pests - and providing a symphony of croaks during the warmer months. Click to download a free native frog factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring frogs. 
Make your backyard blue-tongue friendlyThese beautiful reptiles are useful visitors, eating lots of garden pests. They might be big, but they need your protection. Click to download a free blue-tongue factsheet. Click to read a 2011 B-mail featuring blue-tongues. 
Help eastern rosellas feel more at home in your neighbourhoodThese colourful, chattering parrots can often be seen in our suburbs. They love gardens full of native grasses, bushes and shrubs with seeds. Click to download a free Eastern Rosella factsheet.
Invite rainbow lorikeets to clown around in your backyardThese colourful birds are a joy to watch, getting covered in nectar and pollen as they feast on your native plants. Set up a bird bath as well, and you'll have hours of entertainment. Click to download a free Rainbow Lorikeet factsheet. Click to read a B-mail featuring Rainbow Lorikeets. 
Give insect terminators (microbats) a roosting place in your backyardHave you watched bats swooping insects? If you visit a park with streetlights at night and watch - you may be lucky! Insect eating microbats are alive and well in your area. Click to download a free microbat factsheet. Click to read a B-mail featuring microbats. 
Lucky enough to have an Eastern Water Dragon in your backyard?Could there really be a DRAGON living in your pond or local creek...a fire-breathing beast with fearsome teeth and talons? Click to download a free water dragon factsheet. Click to read a B-mail featuring water dragons. 
Help keep the tawny frogmouth safe in your local areaYou might hear these birds at night, but you'll have a hard time finding them during the day. They're very good at hiding among the gum trees in our parks and gardens. Click to download a free Tawny Frogmouth factsheet. Click to read a B-mail featuring Tawny Frogmouths. 
Help the little penguinsAlthough they're fast, graceful swimmers, these seabirds are quite vulnerable on land. They need a little help from their neighbours. Click to download a free Little Penguins factsheet. Click to read a B-mail featuring Little Penguins.
Make your garden friendlier for superb fairy-wrensThese fascinating little birds aren't shy at all. Give them plenty of dense shrubs for protection, and they'll give you some company in your garden and or your verandah. Click to download a free fairy-wren factsheet. Click to read a B-mail featuring fairy-wrens. 
Bring native buzzing bess back to your backyardYou can find Australian native bees in all of the country's varied environments. Can you spot any in your backyard? Click to read a B-mail featuring native bees. 
Make your neighbourhood safer for PlatypusesPlatypuses are intriguing animals. You never know they might live right under your nose in a creek or stream near you. Find out what they like and what they don't like to keep them safe and well in your neighbourhood. |
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