Possum Rescue!

Sitting in a porch swing on a large veranda overlooking forested hills and a tropical garden, I can't help but think "no worries" was a fitting handle for my URL. It's supposedly the most popular phrase here down under, used most commonly it seems in place of  "no problem" or "you're welcome". Lots to blog about as I've been here a week today but I'll talk of one little adventure that occurred a couple of nights ago. Sitting on the veranda after supper, a bush possum wandered up. A couple of them live above the garage door here and are considered nuisances by many. 

This particular one wasn't at all shy sniffing around our feet and looking a bit agitated. We could hear another possum close by and then some thumping below. We thought it was a territorial thing going on. When noises continued, we looked about for the other possum. Tony mused aloud if there was a baby possum between the floorboard and the ceiling of the veranda. (Tony's wife Judy is staying in my house and he'll be joining her in the next little while;-) We got a flashlight and sure enough, could see a little one between the slats who came right to the light. I thought, omg, we're going to have to cut away some board to get it out! Tony being much more sensible, got a piece of thin board like material and put if down the slat where we had seen the baby. The idea was to keep doing this to force it to the end of the veranda where there was a hole and the place where it had gotten in. The baby could only go back as there was a beam along the side. 

Long story a little bit shorter….the baby was forced to the end where Tony donned a pair of work gloves, climbed a ladder and retrieved baby. He then placed it on the railing where a happy, nuzzling reunion occurred between mother and baby. Baby climbed onto mother's back and mother strolled off into the trees. They both dropped by again last night but just to reach another tree;-) I've had ample opportunity to photograph them but have been too caught up in just observing them;-) 

I had intentions of getting a blog going last winter in Scotland but didn't get it off the ground…..maybe this time;-)

This is a photo of the backyard and beyond taken from the veranda of the house where I am staying. It is in a suburb of Brisbane called "The Gap."