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There were no possums at our last house. The power lines were all underground and there weren't many large trees. When we first moved in here we only noticed the occasional possum as it ran along the power lines of our street at night. Lately though, we've been seeing them every night, hearing them jump onto our front veranda, walk across our roof and even found them twice in our garage. Last night we noticed three of them munching away in the tree out the front and realised that their appearance has coincided with the flowering of the tree. 

They are not the least bit bothered by our presence, the flash of the camera, or the toddler jumping up and down calling "Nom nom Poss Poss!" So, the trees near the house are being cut back and the gaps above the garage doors are being filled, then our new friends can continue eating in our tree each time it flowers without worrying us. As long as the dog is persuasion enough to keep them out of the back yard and away from the fruit and veggie plants.

Do you have possums around your house?