the bush across the road from my house was completely packed with geckos wen we moved here about 7 years ago. I found out where exactly to find s. leaf tals and leuseur's velvet geckos and some kids were watching me and my friend lookin in crevices. half an hour later these f*@kwits walk up to us and ask what we r doin. we reply nuthing but one of the kids looked in a crevice and saw a leaf-tail. From then on it was really screwed. Almost every sandstone exfoliation was ripped apart and rocks and logs were smashed up. I still find geckos but not as much. And if the vandalism wasnt enough about 4 months later the bushfires of 2001 came through and with no real places to hide the geckos didnt stand a chance, especially the velvets. Even though i didnt know at the time that my friend and i were being watched i have to blame myself in some way for the distruction of this environment. I still know a few places in which are loaded with almost every herp species in the sydney region and i suspect broad-headeds to be there aswell, for this reason i dont tell many people. But so far, these r the reptiles i hav encounted there-wood geckos, leaf-tails, leaseur's velvet geckos, red-bellies, yellow-faced whipsnakes, e. brownsnakes, e. small-eyed snakes, green tree snakes, robust blindsnakes, cunninghams skinks, blueys, copper tails, (about 10 more skinks), eastern snake neck tortise, sydney-basin short-necks, e. water dragons, beardies, jackies,mountain dragons, lacys, goulds monitors ect. This place kiks a*se and as there r lots of big, steep jagged cliffs, vandalists better hope that i dont catch em there.