During our recent holiday we meet many Australian animals. Some were cute and exciting while others scary. Either way it was fun to see them in their natural surroundings. The following grey kangaroos, echidna, and emus we found roaming around the picnic at Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve. We had a barbeque dinner there at about 7.30pm just as they began feeding for the day. The koalas you can read more about in my previous post Koalas in the Wild.
The emus were very brave and kept coming up to us as we were eating our meal. Fortunately they didn’t steal any of our food but we still kept our guard up until they went back into the bush from whence they had came.
This echidna was huge. He sudden revealed himself out of the litter on the ground and wandered up the hill. As we got closer to get a photo he was scared and went into hiding again. He was the biggest echidna I have seen and the only one in the bush. I have seen small ones on the side of the road before.
These black wallabies were a real surprise to find. We were walking around Griffith Island that breeds mutton birds during the summer and they suddenly popped up to see what was going on. They kept their distance and we couldn’t get closer to them than the paths allowed. They were very cute and inquisitive.
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This Bearded Dragon suddenly appeared under my feet in a park in St Arnaud. Luckily I have a bad habit of looking at the ground as I walk or I may have walked on him. I will admit he did scare me so on my way back to the car I took the long way around.
Fortunately we didn’t see see any snakes on our travels. But as it was the end of summer when we traveled we were very aware of where we were. While snakes themselves are scary, Australia also has a large number of the world’s most venomous and they live in the areas were traveling in.
The kangaroos probably eastern grey were in a mob. It was 0630 on the first day of our holiday just off the side of our camp. When my husband first saw them we thought that they were logs in the paddock. But then as the sun rose, they moved. I walked through the grass on our side of the fence to get a better look. They looked at me like I was putting on a show.
The following kookaburras were fun to get close to. The first one was at Echuca and the second one was above our camp for the night at Teddy’s Lookout.
Hi IM,
There are lots of great reasons that draw me to visit Australia, but I think the biggest has to be the number of strange animals that live there and no where else. Your giant island is itself a huge museum of odd critters and I’d love to spend some time just soaking it all in.
Thanks for adding a layer of desire to this long standing wish.
Blessings
Glad you enjoyed them. Yes we do have some different ones and to see them in their natural environment is a new level of special. i hope you get to come one day. We are a fun bunch.
Thank you IM for your weekend coffee share. How wonderful to see these animals in their natural habitats. I watched your koala videos from a previous post. Great photos and videos. Have a great week!
I would love to visit Australia one day. I recently read the graphic novel, “Sapiens”, the fauna of Australia back then was so interesting!
Yes It certainly was. Years ago we went to Naracoorte and saw some of the fossils. Fascinating. I want to go back now I am blogging and share them with the world which helps me see them through a different perspective.
How fun. I would love too see all those animals!!!