Celebrate Australia Day with this series of caches and learn some interesting facts along the way.
The quokka is best known for its cute Mona-Lisa smile that has made it the darling of selfie photographers. Its natural curiosity, friendliness and enigmatic smile make it appear to be always happy. It has figured out how to win ours hearts. While it is illegal to feed a quokka, many tourist still do so and the quokka loves our food. Feeding quokkas "human food" can affect their digestion.
So they put on a little show just for us — a rather clever little deception. They come to us and act cute and let us take selfies and we in turn give them little titbits of food. Smart quokka.
Quokkas live mainly on the remote offshore islands of Rottnest Island and Bald Island, they are strictly protected and the quokka populations there are stable. Quokkas prefer moist conditions with dense scrub-land. There no native predators on Rottnest Island and Bald Island. The major threat to quokkas on these islands is misplaced human kindness and occasional cruelty.