Samantha Spedding and Angus Morant are the owners of Hope for Joeys, a property situated in Tamborine northwest of Tamborine Mountain, Queensland and located closeby to Tambourine National Park. The property is classified as an area of biodiversity for regional and state government and the owners run a wildlife sanctuary for wildlife rehabilitation from the property. The property is also located in a wildlife corridor registered with the regional council. The owner’s future intentions for the land are to improve the soil profile to increase the grass for wild and released animals and plant more native trees as fodder for all the native animals drawn to the property from the influx of developments in the area as well as the fences that have been erected stopping the native animals moving freely through the area. The property is also part of Land for Wildlife.
Hope for Joeys spans 2 hectares and features Eucalypt woodland and an area of rainforest where the water runs to the dam. Wildlife is plentiful on the property, providing habitat for a range of species including 37 eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in care, 30-40 soft release as well as wild red-necked wallabies (Notamacropus rufogriseus), pretty-faced wallabies (Notamacropus parryi), echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus), koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), dunnarts (Sminthopsis sp.), brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), pygmy possums (Cercartetus nanus), brush tailed phascogales (Phascogale tapoatafa), sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps), bandicoots and bats.
Snake and lizard species found on the property include bearded dragons (Pogona sp.), monitor lizards (Varanus sp.), water dragons (Intellagama lesueurii), pythons, green tree snakes (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) red-bellied black snakes (Pseudechis porphyriacus) brown snakes (Pseudonaja textilis) and bandy bandy snakes (Vermicella annulata).
Frog species include , green tree frogs (Litoria caerulea), naked tree frogs (Litoria rubella) and scarlet-sided pobblebonks (Limnodynastes terraereginae).
Birdlife found on the property include currawong (Strepera graculina), tawny frog mouths (Podargus strigoides), king parrots (Alisterus scapularis), wood ducks (Chenonetta jubata), sacred kingfishers (Todiramphus sanctus), peaceful doves (Geopelia placida), pied butcherbirds (Cracticus nigrogularis), noisy minor birds (Manorina melanocephala), crested pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes), pheasant coucals (Centropus phasianinus), dollar birds (Eurystomus orientalis), blue faced honey eaters (Entomyzon cyanotic), magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen), ,galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla), fig birds (Sphecotheres vieilloti), kookaburra (Dacelo sp.), brush turkeys (Alectura lathami), crows (Corvus sp.), black faced cuckoo shrikes (Coracina novaehollandiae), whip birds (Psophodes olivaceu), rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus), scaly breasted lorikeets (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), pale headed rosellas (Platycercus adscitus), crimson rosellas (Platycercus elegans), channel billed cuckoos (Scythrops novaehollandiae) and cockatoos. Raptor species include goshawks as well as wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) and crested falcons (Aviceda subcristata) which have bred on the property for the last 30 years.
