These questions are aimed to help you reflect on how 'wildlife friendly' your block is, and to determine how you want to increase the capacity of your garden to serve as wildlife habitat.

Which of the following do you already do?  

• Make habitat for animals in your garden
• Plant local native plants (which our wildlife is adapted to)
• Have a water efficient garden
• Have a wildlife-friendly food garden
• Manage weeds and feral animals
• Practice responsible pet ownership
• Continue to learn about wildlife

Which of the following are you interested in doing?

• Learning more about wildlife      
• Joining a network of wildlife-friendly people      
• Creating suitable habitat for animals in your garden      
• Planting local native species (which our wildlife is adapted to)      
• Creating a water efficent garden      
• Making your food garden wildlife friendly      
• Managing weeds and feral animals      
• Managing your pets to lessen their impact on wildlife      
• Record wildlife that visits your garden
  

What proportion of your property is garden and therefore a potential wildlife habitat?

Does your property contain areas of:    

• Lawn
• food plants/vegetable garden
• formal non-native garden
• mixed plants (groundcovers, shrubs, trees)
• un-developed garden (bare areas, few plants)
• Planted with natives (species from across Australia)
• native bush garden (with exclusively local native species)
• paved/concreted
• rock garden
• water feature

Have you seen any of the following reptiles visit your garden?

Dragons	Central Bearded Dragons	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
	Long-nosed Water dragons	Photograph © Eric Tan
Snakes	Centralian Carpet Pythons	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
	Stimpsons Pythons	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
	Western Brown Photograph © Peter J Nunn	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
Skinks	Fire-tailed Skinks	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
	Leonards skinks	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
Geckos	Zig-zag Velvet Gecko	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
	Tree Dtella	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
	Bynoe's Gecko	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
Monitors & Goannas	Sand Goanna	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
	Perentie	Photograph © Peter J Nunn
	Pygmy Mulga goanna	Photograph © Peter J Nunn

Do any other reptiles visit your garden?

Have you heard but not seen frogs in your garden?

Do you know what type of frogs they are?

Spencer's Burrowing Frog	Photograph © J Dale Roberts
Red Tree Frog	Photograph © Hal Cogger
Main's Frog	Photograph © Frog Watch

Have you seen any of the following mammals visit your garden?
      

Euros	Photograph © Claire Ghee
Black-footed Rock-wallabies	Photograph © Peter J Nunn

Have you seen or heard any bats?

Invertebrates (such as insects, snails, etc.) play a really important role, though some can become pests when their numbers build up. Do you have invertebrates in your garden?
     
Have you seen any of the following invertebrates in your garden?

Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Stick Insects, Snails, Worms, Wasps, Beetles, Spiders etc.
 

Big headed ants (introduced - feral ant) 2.4 - 3.8mm long	Photograph © CSIRO Alice Springs
Scorpions	Photograph © Alice Springs Desert Park Files

About your pets

Do you have Cats? Dogs? Poultry? Aviary birds? Any other pets?

How do you manage your pets:

Do your pets have access to the garden?
       
Do they access

• The whole garden         
• Just the back or front yard         
• A small section of the garden

Do you keep your dog(s) inside at night?
      
Do you keep your dog(s) chained up outside at night?
        
Do you keep your cat(s) inside at night?
     
Do you keep your cat(s) inside at other times of the day?     

Do you keep your dog(s) inside at other times of the day?
 
If you have a water feature?
     
Do you provide alternative water sources for wildlife?

• Water for birds or other wild animals
  
• Food for birds or other wild animals
  

Environmentally friendly and sustainable practices. 

Do you try to minimise water consumption as much as possible?     
      
Do you do any of the following to conserve water?

• Plant drought-tolerant local native species       
• Plant drought-tolerant native species       
• Mulch (e.g. leaf litter, gravel, bark, etc.)       
• Reduce lawn area, or use native grass species       
• Minimal to no watering of lawns, especially in dry periods       
• Capture rainwater from roof       
• Use water-harvesting designs for garden beds       
• Drip or soaker hose for irrigation       
• Water the garden in the early morning, or evening       
• Use the best watering regime for particular plants (ie. less often, for longer periods of time)
  
• Re-use grey water
• Use water-saving appliances (showerhead, tap aerator, etc.)
  

Are there other activities you do to conserve water, both in the garden and home?

Do you have a compost for garden and food scrap wastes, or give scraps to poultry?

Do you try to minimise your use of chemicals or non-organic fertilisers?