- According to Annette McFarlane orange balloons filled with water and hung at the bottom of ripening pawpaws, should frighten pesky possums away when the balloons explode.
- Saw this method used successfully on my trip to Mackay: To keep possums off your trees, just tangle some old fishing net around the base of the trunk and they can’t climb!! They had it to a height of about 750mm and was a 3 or 4 layers thick. Ref: Sheryl