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Striped Possum
Sugar Gliders
Red-legged Pademlons / Musky-rat Kangaroo
Green Ringtail Possum
Exhausted Mother Antechinus
Joseph's Coat Moth / Cruiser Moth (female)
Painted Grasshawk Dragonfly
Orange-thighed Tree Frog
Giant White-tailed Uromys
Platypus
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Nocturnal Wildlife Viewing Platform
An undercover Nocturnal Wildlife Viewing Platform is illuminated until 10.15 pm each night for guests to view Sugar Gliders, Striped Possums, Uromys, Bandicoots, Melomys and Antechinus.
Sugar Gliders
The sugar glider is one of the smaller possum species with a gliding membrane down the side of its body.
Every evening they can be seen gliding and feeding at The Nocturnal Wildlife Viewing Platform.
Striped Possums
They are normaly extremely difficult possums to view unless they are feeding, because of the speed they move at when traveling through the rainforest canopy.
Every evening they can be seen feeding at The Nocturnal Wildlife Viewing Platform.
Bandicoot
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Antechinus
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Spotlighting
If you are looking to spot a nocturnal rainforest animal that does not regularly visit one of our nocturnal animal viewings, complimentary spot lighting equipment is available for use.
Herbert River Ringtail Possums and Green Ringtail Possums can be spotted in the rainforest surrounding the Nocturnal Wildlife Viewing Platform.
Additionaly, you may spotlight locally for nocturnal wildlife such as: Lumholtz Tree Climbing Kangaroos, Lemuroid Possum, Ringtail Possums and Northern Coppery Brushtail Possums. For suggestions on which areas of the rainforest are currently receiving good sightings simply ask one of our reception staff.
Musky Rat-kangaroos
Musky Rat-kangaroos are regular sightings during daylight hours under the fruit trees or along the rainforest pathways.
Platypus
Platypus inhabit the rainforest stream on the Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges property. Staff will direct you to the best current local Platypus viewing opportunities available at the time of your stay.
Frogs
Green Tree Frogs, Orange Thighed Tree Frogs, Green Eyed Tree Frogs, Northern Barred Frogs, Striped Marsh Frogs, Stoney Creek Frogs may all be heard or seen around the ponds near the Guest Lounge or along the creek bank.
Dragonflies, Butterflies and Moths
Ulysses Butterfly, Cairns Birdwing, Atlas Moth (Hercules Moth). Feeder plants are littered around the clearing to attract butterflies. Moths can be seen of a night time around the guest lounge gardens and Nocturnal Wildlife Viewing Platform.