CRITTER NOON LANDING

The evening show from the glowworms and microbats might get all the attention, but there’s plenty to see at a midday matinee visit to Natural Bridge. During the day spot paradise riflebirds, green catbirds (right), wompoo fruitdoves and also rare and threatened species like the cascade tree frog, tusked frog, sooty owl and koala. Also keep an eye out for skinks and lace monitors, beautiful rainforest birds and even pademelons (that’s a little marsupial that looks like a mini-kangaroo for the uninitiated).