The residents of Fan Palm Reserve

Trail cameras were recently put out for the first time at Fan Palm Reserve in the Daintree area of far north Queensland.

These cameras are a popular and effective monitoring tool because they're a non-intrusive and fairly low-effort way to survey fauna species.

Retrieved after one month in situ, the cameras gave a clear and at times comical insight into the residents of this little patch of rainforest.

Here are some of the photos we captured of the Fan Palm fauna as they investigated the peanut butter bait and the curious camouflaged boxes (cameras) that clicked to life as they walked into view.