BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Hi everyone, I have been plugging away at a new outdoor enclosure for the last few months, I prepared the soil and planted in Autumn, using all local native species, incorporating species which produce edible fruits or flowers. the dimensions are 3000mm x 900mm x 800mm high. I have mulched it with a deep layer of eucalyptus mulch. I am now on the lookout for some nice weathered branches or stumps to finish it off.

Plant list:
Allocasuarina striata - a small sheoak
Melaleuca brevifolia - desert paperbark
Dodonaea viscosa ssp. spatulata - sticky hopbush
Dodonaea stenozyga - desert hop bush
Santalum acuminatum - quandong/native peach
*Dianella revoluta - flax lily
Poa labillardieri - tussock grass
*Carprobrotus rossii - native pigface
Correa pulchella - salmon correa
*Einadia nutans - climbing saltbush
*Billardiera cymosa - sweet apple-berry
Eutaxia microphylla - mallee bush-pea
*Kunzea pomifera - muntries
*Whalenbergia stricta - native bluebell
Themeda triandra - kangaroo grass
*Enchylaena tomentosa - ruby saltbush
Goodenia albiflora - white goodenia

*denotes species which produce edible flowers and/or fruits

I have no idea if quandongs are eaten by Tiliqua but I have been meaning to find out.

I would love to see other members' outdoor planted enclosures, and would also love to hear from anyone with first hand experience re: South Australian native flowers/fruits which are eaten by Tiliqua, I am compiling a list. Thanks.

Looks very nice, i bet theyll love it. Great job

Jeremy

Looks great mark,as do the inhabitants ,looking forward to seeing how your plants develop

That looks awesome! Great work and very creative!

thanks guys, yea it'll look a lot better once the plants to fill it out a bit more, hopefully the sleepies don't bulldoze the more fragile ones, I should have probably let the plants get a bit stronger before adding the skinks but it's been really sunny and the days are warming up and I couldn't wait any longer lol.

Great to see people experimenting with different native plantings. It will be interesting to see your observations. I have found that as time goes on, nutrient levels, weeds etc tend to build up due to bluey poo etc - carprobrotus etc don't persist well with the competition but the larger grasses are very good.