Our new housemate

We've got a new housemate. This week we discovered a baby Asian House Gecko living in our bathroom. It's been reappearing after dark for the last two nights.

We've known for some time there’s a gecko colony on our northern balcony. Garry's heard their loud and somewhat distinctive call echoing regularly from the main planter box. It's incredible to think they're happy doing their thing eight floors above street level.

However, this week's visitor is the first we've spotted in the flesh. Native to South and Southeast Asia these small geckos were originally tree dwellers but, since arriving in the 1960s, they’ve been thriving inside Australian homes and buildings.

Geckos were first spotted in Darwin. Since then they’ve progressively made their way across the Australian continent. Today you can find them in West Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and now as far south as Sydney.

Our little friend will eventually grow as long as 11cms. For now, he's an adorable 3cms.