Across
- 4. the official name for the Bottlebrush genus
- 5. yellow acacia that blooms in spring
- 7. our local endangered butterfly, the __ ___ (2 words)
- 10. Sir Joseph ______, sailed on the Endeavour with Captain Cook, 80 plant species bear his name
- 12. national emblem and boxing mascot
- 13. world’s second largest flightless bird
- 14. parades at Phillip Island (2 words)
- 16. the floral emblem for Victoria (2 words)
- 18. deadly Sydney arachnid (3 words)
- 21. spiky monotreme
- 22. extinct Tasmanian marsupial
- 24. stows away in banana boxes from Queensland and travels all over (3 words)
- 25. tumour-threatened Tasmanian marsupial (2 words)
Down
- 1. can be spotted along the east coast of Australia on the way to and from their breeding grounds (2 words)
- 2. critically endangered parrot that migrates across Bass strait to winter in Victoria (3 words)
- 3. yellow-crested white parrot notorious for eating crops, chewing wood and screeching
- 6. endangered animal emblem for Victoria (2 words)
- 8. the plant that inspired the bad guys for Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
- 9. mammal with a pouch
- 11. digging marsupial
- 15. critically endangered bird emblem for Victoria (2 words)
- 17. not a bear but still quite grizzly if disturbed
- 19. web-footed monotreme
- 20. highly flammable evergreen tree
- 23. largest ______ found in Australian waters, the Australian Fur _____