You can easily spend a day here on some of the many guided or self-guided walks through the fern gullies or mountain trails. You will come face-to-face with kangaroos, emus and waterbirds, and you might catch a glimpse of some echidnas, lyrebirds or a platypus. Tidbinbilla is a protected area which is used for research and education as well as recreation. It is surrounded by mountains which are of special significance to the Aborigines.