Dryandra vs Tone-Perup Nature Reserve?
Hello!
I will be visiting Western Australia this coming January, primarily for mammal-watching. The current plan is to spend 3-5 days searching for Numbat, 2-3 days at Francois Peron National Park in search of the Bilby and depending on success rates at either location potentially squeeze in searches at other locations for Rock Wallabies, Honey Possums, and Western Ringtail Possums.
Dryandra always comes up as the go-to spot for Numbat, as well as having good chance for echidna, woylie, and lower but not horrid chances at chuditch as well. However, in my research I also become familiar with Tone-Perup, which at least in theory has all the above species, plus Western Ringtail and Honey possums.
However, there aren’t many reports or details about Tone-Perup in comparison. Does anyone have experience with the latter (or preferably with both)? My current plan is focused on Dryandra to maximize chance for Numbat, but if the possibility isn’t too bad at Tone-Perup I might just switch gears and try that location out.
As an addendum, the last verified record I can find of a live Bilby siting at Francois Peron was in 2018. Does anyone know if there have been more recent viewings? I fear that the reintroduced population might have succumbed as other species released at the same time have been confirmed to have done. If Bilby seems unfeasible there, I might switch to either Dirk Hartog for hare wallabies or drop the Shark Bay region entirely and dedicate more time to Dryandra / Tone-Perup.
Thank you for any insight you can provide and have a great day!
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