[pmrid (Peter)]

Does anyone have any suggestions for controlling these pesky blighters?

I have an area of about 2 hectares on my farm that I have set aside to be a mixed fruit and natives garden. Lawns separating clusters of citrus, apples, nectarines etc and various lovely native trees and bushes.

It's been going now for about 2 years and everything was going nicely. Until recently when I seem to have been invaded by bandicoots.

I did a rough count today and stopped when the number of freshly dug holes in the lawns and garden beds went over 5 hundred. They're everywhere.

Of course, these wee beasties are protected so anything terminal is not on. But I would be delighted to learn any effective method for discouraging them - or better still encouraging them to emigrate - perhaps to NZ.

Peter