BHP approaches sliding doors moment at Olympic Dam
Peter KerResources reporter
Only after dusk has fallen on the red soil around Roxby Downs will the bettongs dare to emerge from their burrows.
Under cover of night they graze for seeds and roots within a fenced reserve that protects them from the introduced species that have wiped them from every other part of the Australian mainland.
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