Precisely. Our shack in the mountains is 99% native now, only one silver birch left from the old owners. It's a very small block, but still, bird life includes everything from white goshawks to black cockatoos, plus echidnas, pademelons, bandicoots and quolls. I've even seen crayfish and platypus in the creek.

As for the psychology of Tasmania avocado growers, that's going to need a whole article.