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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Wildlife

Here is some of the wildlife that got up close & personal with us on our getaway.

The local possum. Permanent tennant of "Coolara" (the house we stayed at).

The same possum venturing out to see what goodies we had left on the verandah this night. Unfortunately for the poor possum, we caught him halfway down the tree. With all the photo's we took, the poor little thing stayed in this position for ages. I think he wasn't game to move because he was blinded by the flashes.

Possum & Cheetah. The possum could see Cheetah & wasn't fazed in the slightest. I'll post more photo's later that show just how close we got.


One of the local Pademelons. (Like a wallaby). There were about 3 or 4 that would venture out at various times of the day, but they didn't seem as tame as the one's at Cooinda (the place we stayed at in August 08 that is right next door to this house).


Of course no visit to the NQ Rainforest is complete without a scrub turkey or several hanging around.



On a cruise of Lake Barrine we saw eels,

Saw-shelled Turtles,

two Amethyst Pythons (only 1 in this photo),


and ducks, including five 5-week old ducklings.



More photo's to come, but probably not before the weekend.