Larry Crook and Kylie Freebody are the owners of Freebrook a wildlife sanctuary situated in Topaz, Queensland. The property links by riparian forest to the nearby Wooroonooran National Park. The property is used for education, recreation, and rainforest restoration. The owners’ future intentions are to maintain diversity on the property. Freebrook is also part of the Land for Wildlife program.
Freebrook spans 4.8 hectares across tropical rainforest. An extensive and growing number of wildlife is found at Freebrook, including southern
cassowaries (Casuarius casuarius) musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), pademelons, long nosed bandicoots (Perameles nasuta) brown bandicoots (Isoodon macrourus), Herbert river ringtail possums (Pseudochirulus herbertensis), amethystine python (Simalia amethistina), echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) pink tongued skinks (Cyclodomorphus gerrardii), leaf tailed geckos (Saltuarius cornutus) red eyed frogs (Litoria chloris), Victoria riflebirds (Ptiloris victoriae), numerous birds, mammals and reptiles.
