Sorry for outage

 I want to apologize to loyal viewers of the webcams. This morning the webcams all went down and, owing to other things going on, I didn't notice the problem until this evening.

The reason is that that the hard disk on the current server filled up to 100%, preventing recoding of any more movies and causing the streaming software to shut down. 

I had known about this possibility for several years, and it was the main reason that I constructed a replacement server last year. 

I don't want to go into too much detail here, but there are some annoying problems with the new server and I kept delaying putting it into service - until the inevitable happened.

I don't have time to adequately deal with these problems and instead, I have removed all Possum TV videos more than 10 years old from the existing server to free up more space. Seemingly, no damage was done to the system other than the loss of half a day's worth of nest box footage.

Anyway, the server is now back up and running and I apologize for the outage.

Baby Possum Alert

Sprout's latest baby has just started emerging from the pouch. This is probably her third baby but could be her second. It has been a year since her first baby and brushtails in this area generally have two babies per year, but occasionally they only have one. She was out of the area during the entire period when her second baby would have been around, so there's no definite evidence either way.

Sprout currently only uses Box 1. Sometimes she sleeps in some other unknown place nearby. I think Box 5 is also part of her territory so she may use this one at some stage.

Sprout with baby in Box 1 - 12^th Nov 2026

A Celebration of Sasha's Life

Sasha has now not been seen for over two years. It is not impossible that she is still out there and has moved to a new territory, however she was very old and was behaving oddly the last time she was seen, so it seems likely that her time had come. 

While I don't want to single out Sasha over any of the other possums in the area, she has lived here longer, and had more babies, than any other possum, and she deserves to have her life celebrated. She does not deserve to fade into obscurity once the blog mentions stop.

Sasha - 7^th May 2015

NOTE: You can click on any of the pictures on this page for a larger version

First photo of Sienna and babies

 

Sienna with babies Oola and Omni back-riding - 22^nd Oct 2026

Update 15 Oct 2026 - Introducing Leif, Sienna, Omni and Oola

Blossom's latest baby has been named Leif.

Leif back-riding on Blossom - 25^th Sept 2026

Update 24th Sept 2026 - Blossom's new baby and Sprout returns

Yesterday Blossom arrived with her latest baby, back-riding for the first time, and Sprout returned for a visit.

Blossom with 6^th baby back-riding - 23^rd Sept 2026

Baby Possum Alert

 Blossom's latest baby (her 6^th) has just started emerging from the pouch

Her baby has probably been out for a few days now but Blossom has been a bit irregular in her usage of the possum boxes and this is the first time the little one has been seen.

Hopefully, Blossom will keep using box 2, but check all of the boxes just in case!

Blossom with baby in Box 2 - 9^th Sept 2026

Update 11th April 2026 - Introducing Bisou

Blossum's new baby is now back-riding and has been named Bisou. The little one may be female but I'm not sure about this.

Bisou back-riding on Blossom - 7^th April 2026

Baby Possum Alert

Blossom's latest baby (her 5^th) has just started emerging from the pouch.

Unfortunately, Blossom has been in box 3 for the past couple of days where the camera is terribly bad, but with luck may decide to use box 2 or 7 which are also in her territory.

Blossom with baby in Box 3 - 13th March 2026

Update 10th February 2025

I would first like to apologize for not posting anything for so long. When I started this blog I made a rule that I wouldn't apologize for posting entries later than intended because I knew that this would invariably happen and I didn't want every entry to start with a tedious apology and excuses.

But this time it's been months and months and people have probably been wondering whether this blog was gone for good.

Drak - 8^th Dec 2025