The mainly live on Rottnest but it’s not exclusive. There are small populations on the mainland as well. But they are threatened by predators and other human activities there and so populations have dropped dramatically since the 1930s. However, a population was just found in the Perth Hills late last year!

The plastic caddy itself sheds. Ours inside is now rough and difficult to clean properly. I can only guess it’s shedding microplastics into the compost which we put into…a plastic bin for collection