Wild Neighbours Project!

The Wild Neighbours workshop was held to introduce local landholders and community 

members to the Wild Neighbours project and to share practical knowledge about the 

threatened spotted-tailed quoll and local gliding possums. Presented by Dr Katarina Mikac 

from Team Quoll, the session explained what quolls and gliders are, how they use our 

forest–farmland landscapes, and the methods used to detect them—

combining groundbased camera traps for quolls with arboreal cameras for gliders. Participants also learnt how 

NSW BioNet records work and how sightings and survey results can be recorded and used.

The workshop was needed because across much of the Robertson–Kangaloon–Illawarra 

Escarpment corridor, there’s limited information about where these elusive mammals persist 

and how they move through private land. Without that on-ground evidence, it’s hard to target 

practical conservation actions that protect habitat, improve connectivity, and reduce 

fragmentation. By building landholder skills and confidence to monitor wildlife and interpret 

results, the workshop helps turn curiosity into stewardship and generates meaningful data to 

guide local conservation efforts.



This event is supported by the Australian Government  through funding from the Natural Heritage Trust under 

the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program and delivered for Local Land Services, a member of the Commonwealth Regional Delivery Partners panel.