A brush-tailed bettong, or woylie, looking off to the left of frame. A woylie is a small nocturnal, kangaroo-like marsupial with greyish-brown fur on the upperparts and flanks and pale grey fur on the underside. Their long, prehensile tail is darkly coloured with a distinctive black brush at the end and is often used to carry nesting material such as grass and bark. Adults can grow to 38 cm (head-body) and 1.6 kg, with females slightly smaller than males.  The one in the shot is about the size of a small cat. Woylies are critically endangered and only found in small populations in West Australia https://www.australianwildlife.org/animals/brush-tailed-bettong-woylie?srsltid=AfmBOoo1UIc-len_k_LCK0Sni3PFWSPXAq_FkjF6hRO1pQ7N7-6eEmNV

A woylie, as described in the previous photos, facing straight to camera showing dark button eyes and pale brown nose, and dainty pale brown paws

A large stand of scarlet and other banksias in the centre of a flower bed with red, golden, and white flowers visible, against a blue sky

View of Frenchman's Bay from the front of the Whaling Station, Albany, showing a long white sand beach and dunes, green foreshore, and a deep green ocean. To the right, a rock barrier is visible, probably serving to shelter whaling boats in the past

Some more pictures from the historic whaling station at Albany (I refused to go into the station itself, but the botanic garden and wildlife collection were worth a visit) #AustralianWildlife #AustralianFlora #BloomScrolling #WestAustralia #WestAustralianFlora

Amongst grey green leaves, a Pale yellow blossom composed of many filaments. I think it's some kind of bottlebrush, but the important thing is that this flower is about the size of my pudgy fist!

A Scarlet Banksia bloom, with tough green leaves at the base. The bloom is composed of dozens of bright red florets with long read stamens, formed into a short, squat cylinder

In front of a covered deck, a sunlit stand of yellow and crimson Kangaroo Paw flowers, so named for their shape, in a garden bed at a botanic garden, part of the Historic Whaling Station, Albany

Two bright red blooms of an Albany bottlebrush, and its spiky green foliage. They're composed of many small florets with long stamens with a yellow pollen bearing tip, forming what looks like a brush for cleaning bottles with.

From the botanic garden at the historic Whaling Station, Albany. Have some flowers #BloomScrolling #AustralianFlora #WestAustralianFlora #NativeFlowers