Within minutes of our arrival, my English partner decided he was in no hurry to see the rest of Australia yet, and we extended our stay. From watching the platypus breakfasting in the river every morning, to learning to distinguish the diversity of birdlife living in the trees with us (the cat bird, the Australasian fig bird, the black cockatoos, lewins honeyeater, satin bowerbird, rufous fantail, and kingfisher, among many others), this was a wildlife lovers' paradise. Our days were bookended by the morning chorus of the cicadas and the ghostly view of the forest from our bed in the evening, and everything in between was perfect. Many thanks to kurly for his support on the ground and in the trees (especially with matters reptilian), and to kirsty and family for sharing their home.