Hit List (mammals)

Wildlife watching is will be at the heart of our Tasmanian experience. Here is a list of the 15 mammals that we most want to see, compiled before the start of the trip.  We will update the list with details of our first siting of each species.

Below this table is a second one, which will include details of any other mammals we see.

Species	First sighting		Notes
	When	Where
Australian Fur Seal	4 December	Iles des Phoques	Visited Iles des Phoques on the Maria Island cruise
Bennett’s Wallaby	8 November	Bruny Island	Common throughout Tasmania.  Seen everywhere, including lots of roadkill.
Bennett’s Wallaby (white morph)	11 November	Bruny Island	Uncommon – you have to know where on Bruny they hang out
Common Brushtail Possum	8 November	Bruny Island	Seen on road on a night drive.  Roadkill possums seen across Tasmanian
Common Wombat  (aka The King of Cubes)	18 November	Pumphouse Point (Lake St Clair)	Less common than expected.
Eastern Quoll	9 November	Bruny Island	Seen on road on a night drive
Echidna	8 November	Bruny Island	Surprisingly common throughout Tasmania, easily seen by roadside when driving
Forrester Kangaroo	29 November	Narawntapu NP	Can only be seen in National Parks
Humpback Whale			Our trip was a bit too late – whales had moved south for the summer
Platypus	8 November	Hobart Rivulet Boulder Trap	Two platypus seen on our first full day in Tassie!  Eight seen in total (four pairs)
Southern Right Whale			Our trip was a bit too late – whales had moved south for the summer
Spotted-tail Quoll	24 November	Mountain Valley Retreat	Came to feeding area that had been baited for Devils
Sugar Glider			Seen in captivity at Bonorong Sanctuary
Tasmanian Devil	23 November	Mountain Valley retreat	Baited feeding of wild Devils
Tasmanian Pademelon	8 November	Bruny Island	Common throughout Tasmania.  Seen everywhere, including lots of roadkill.

And here’s a listing of the other mammals we’ve seen:

Species	First sighting		Notes
	When	Where
Grey-headed Flying Fox	6 November	Centennial Park, Sydney
Dolphin	19 November	Bennet Island cruise
Bat	6 December	Flinders Island – see blog!	Species unknown