Where Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
When 1974
Photographer Joe Scherschel
The most common possum species in Australia, the brushtail possum is a tree-dwelling nocturnal marsupial. Its propensity to nest in roofs and ceilings has been known to surprise Aussie homeowners.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Journey of Burke & Wills: First Across Australia," February 1979, National Geographic magazine)
