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Whoops Gerry I meant Kuranda outside Cairns, not Katoomba (Blue Mountains)

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This is one of my favourites. The young wallaby having a feed just outside my front door while another female looked on.

Re: Some of our Australian fauna

They look so happy there Gerry

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They are very happy Abby

The unadorned rock-wallaby (Petrogale inornata) is a member of a group of closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is plainer than other rock wallabies, hence its common name.

The unadorned rock-wallaby is patchily distributed in coastal ranges from around Rockhampton to near Townsville. This range includes the small range of the Proserpine rock-wallaby (P. persephone) which is endangered.

The Unadorned rock-wallaby (I have only ever seen these at night or at dusk)


The Proserpine rock-wallaby.

Re: Some of our Australian fauna

Gerry

You will be pleased to know they bring a smile to my face

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Well you guys over in Australia are perhaps more used to seeing these beautiful creatures than we are in the UK, and they are adorable, so thank you for posting them.

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You know what mollie,the average Australian never gets to see most of these beautifull creatures,it amazes me how many Aussies would sooner go to Bali than look in their own backyard,i used to prospect for gold and lived in the scrub,not bush,the bush and the scrub are different places,some people live in areas where the flora and fauna are at your backdoor,others, like anywhere else, live in big housing estates and flats and get to see nothing but bricks and sky,but i actually like the English countryside but i live in Australia,everything is different here,we have everything you could imagine here,flora and fauna wise.

Billy

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As soon as the wildflowers are in full bloom i will get some decent pics,its almost snake season too so they will be coming out of their hibernation,they are going to be angry as usual,all they want is food and sex! lol. We get them bad around here,the only good snake is a dead snake,only in town though,just have to watch your pets and where you walk.

Billy

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Don't know about snakes only being a worry in town, how about when you drive over a snake on a gravel road just on a bend, can't check to see if it is dead on the road in the mirror and don't know if it is wrapped around the wheel hub, very angry and waiting to strike when you get out, one of my big fears in country driving.

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Yes Billy I can perfectly understand that. For different reasons, people here like to go abroad for their holidays, probably mainly because of the poor weather here, but there are some absolutely outstandingly beautiful places here in the UK that folk will probably never see. I live about 1½ hours from the Lake District, which is fantastic, but I only know that because of folk who post their wonderful photos of it, otherwise I'd never see any of it.

I'm a townie, but live not too far from some lovely tranquil places almost on my doorstep and, oddly enough, we discovered a place just a couple of miles away that we didn't know existed until about 5 years ago.