The supporters, a Lyrebird (Menura superba) and a Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), were chosen to be different from the traditional Australian Kangaroo.
Lyrebirds are often seen in the morning and after rain searching for insects and worms.
The forests, grasslands and rocky regions of the park are havens for birds like the Lyrebird and the Wedge-tailed Eagle.
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The first episode aired on March 24, 2010, and included a contortionist, a blind man who uses echolocation, microscopic art by Willard Wigan, the fish Macropinna microstoma, a lyrebird, a man who roller skated on a roller coaster, and several other subjects.
The wet, mountain rainforest of Mountain Ash (with at least one specimen 90 metres tall, 7 metres wide and approaching 300 years old), Blackwood and Mountain Grey Gum supports a wide variety of plants and animals, such as the tree ferns, wombat, possum, platypus, Crimson Rosella, lyrebird and many others.