Complete Clue List
Across
1. Common poisonous snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus (3-7,5)
9. Australia's only native dog, __ lupus dingo
10. Medium sized water bird, Gallinula tenebrosa
11. Surprised exclamation
12. Northern Territory gorge, with abundant wildlife, Kings __
13. Large NZ bi-valve mollusc, Paphies ventricosa
14. Some Australian honeyeaters are known for the __ on the side of the neck
16. Cute miniature kangaroo
17. High priest of the ancient Israelites
18. Unhurried; even when awake, koalas are usually __
20. Insectivorous striped marsupials
22. Part of 20A's diet (3,4)
24. Nickname for someone from the southern continent
26. Saddle between two peaks
28. Donuca spectabilis, the White-spotted __ is found throughout Australia (3,4)
29. Many Australian birds have spectacular mating __
30. Males decorate their nests with blue things to attract a mate __ (5,5,5)
Down
1. Agile macropod, the __ wallaby
2. Narrow-footed mouse-like marsupial, sminthopsis
3. Treatise or article
4. Some Bandicoots and 20A have this type of snout (4,5)
5. Archaic name for ant
6. Theory that our lives are subject to regular cycles
7. Hanger-on; Remora is a sucker-fish that attaches to sharks
8. Australia's largest macropods
14. Smaller versions of 8D
15. Koalas' night calls are sometimes described as this, (sing.) (4,5)
16. Sensory structure for light reception in some reptiles (6,3)
19. Small sheet of paper for messages
21. One who allows others to graze their livestock on their property
23. Stupid person, slang
25. Alectura, __- or brush-turkey builds large mounds of vegetation
27. A type of snake in the Northern Hemisphere, pl.