Who's visiting our garden over X-Mas?

This huge spider (which was actually in the motor home hovering over my head while I was cleaning. You hear me! Too close for comfort.  My surviving instinct took over… Off came one of my flip-flop and went flapping. (Sorry animal lovers!)

A lizard that was living (with his whole family) in the boat we took out of the lake… (Relocated!)

Snakes, snakes and more snakes.

This harmful tree snake was coming close to the front door. No need to say that we now keep the flyscreen shut! (Relocated himself!)

This juvenile brown snake? got going after Freja went after him. He'd just had a meal so was a bit slow.

(Relocated!)

This child python decided to have a kip on the table next to the fridge and Freja's food container. Imagine my surprise when I decided to do a  pre-Christmas cleaning, lifted up a sheet of paper and here he was.  (Relocated!)

This grey frog  with her piercing chirping sound at night was under the office window. (Relocated!)

These two geckos enjoying their mating on the veranda ceiling. No shame! (Impossible to relocate!)

This pheasant-like bird likes to visit our garden. He has a very distinctive and loud call, very similar to an owl.  (Relocated himself!)

Fruit bats fly over our house every evening … millions of them. (Impossible to relocate!)

And of course the ever present caterpillars. (Squashed!)

The elusive bandicoots still abound in the garden, digging out my plants… One night, when enjoying a drink from the platform, we saw a large one hoping around down in the garden. Unfortunately I didn't have the camera. But one day I'll be prepared. (Relocated himself but only for one day!)

For those of you who don't know what a bandicoot looks like, here is a picture I snapped a few years ago when camping on the other side of the lake. Very cute!

We must have a welcoming garden!