Australian wildlife (except birds)

[Levina de Ruijter]

As a follow-up to this Devil's were once plentiful and when bush walking were highly inquisitive.
A storey from my earlier years

An old scanned slide from my Pentax ME Super days.
Walls of Jerusalem, Tasmania
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My second daughter would accompany me on many trips to the highlands.
The Walls as they are affectionately known are a magnificent collection of mountains surrounding a smallish plain.
They were the days when wildlife was still prolific, and before the Tasmanian Devil tumour disease took hold.
You'd always protect your gear at night.
Tie your boots to the tent pole with the laces, weigh down food containers.
One night I woke to grunting and grabbed my boots disappearing out the tent. They had been tied to the poles.
Then went to sleep.
Next day greeted with this.
A Tasmanian Devil had pulled the pack outside and bitten through the side of the pack and the rest is evident.
The insurance paid for the repairs and the report was quite amusing.
I've still got that pack.
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Great story, Richard. Amazed though that the pack could still be repaired, the way it's looking here in the pic.

 

[Avondale87]

Great story, Richard. Amazed though that the pack could still be repaired, the way it's looking here in the pic.

thanks Levina
yes it looked a mess, but there's more debris as in scattered food than ripped pack
It made a hole about 100X100mm and chewed one of the straps off
It was returned to the manufacturer so they knew how to make this like new again

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

@Avondale87
Thanks for the follow up, Richard.
I liked the pic of your camp (camp? campside?), by the way. Looks like you were having a great time.

 

[Avondale87]

another Echidna from todays trip to Vale of Belvoir, Middlesex
Unfortunately it wasn't liking my presence and shot into the bushes

 

[Avondale87]

@Avondale87
Thanks for the follow up, Richard.
I liked the pic of your camp (camp? campside?), by the way. Looks like you were having a great time.

Levina that is a delightful place and one very dear to my heart
Yes camp.
I've probably made 30 plus trips there
When I started visiting you could walk all day and not see another. Now that would be extremely rare unless mid winter and snowed in
I spent a lot of trips solo and just soaked it all up and in summer would often just bivouac under the stars.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Levina that is a delightful place and one very dear to my heart
Yes camp.
I've probably made 30 plus trips there
When I started visiting you could walk all day and not see another. Now that would be extremely rare unless mid winter and snowed in
I spent a lot of trips solo and just soaked it all up and in summer would often just bivouac under the stars.

Ooh, those solo trips, bivouacing under the stars? That sounds really lovely, Richard. Being alone in the natural world. That is one thing that Covid brought home: the noise we produce and how quiet it gets when it's all turned off, even in the city.

 

[MakisM1]

Koala, Adelaide

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[S.R.M.]

Hi all, this is my first post on this new forum, and of course I'm starting with my favourite subject...

Here are a few frogs from earlier this week after the rain in Southeast Queensland.

Graceful Treefrogs (Litoria gracilenta) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Green-thighed Frog (Litoria brevipalmata) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Mixophyes fasciolatus by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Pobblebonk! by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

 

[Avondale87]

Hi all, this is my first post on this new forum, and of course I'm starting with my favourite subject...

Here are a few frogs from earlier this week after the rain in Southeast Queensland.

Graceful Treefrogs (Litoria gracilenta) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Green-thighed Frog (Litoria brevipalmata) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Mixophyes fasciolatus by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Pobblebonk! by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Absolutely beautiful Stephen
And pobblebonk came with you
Certainly got your stamp on those beautifully presented frogs

 

[Jeff USN Photog 72-76]

Koala's at the Sydney Zoo in 1982, originally a chrome scanned to digital

 

[S.R.M.]

A Ringtail Possum... or at least most of a Ringtail Possum. The head has already been eaten by the Powerful Owl that caught it!
An amazing scene that I came across last night.

Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

 

[Lyn2011]

A Ringtail Possum... or at least most of a Ringtail Possum. The head has already been eaten by the Powerful Owl that caught it!
An amazing scene that I came across last night.

Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Great photo, but I feel sorry for the possum

 

[S.R.M.]

The wild Blue-tongue Skink that lives in my garden.

Blue-tongued Skink by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

 

[Dennis]

I think this is a Brisbane River turtle and is one of the most commonly observed freshwater turtles that inhabit any waterway of southeast Queensland.

They are identifiable by their brownish-olive carapace and distinct yellow stripe on the side of their face. They are frequently spotted with algae growing on their backs; this is perfect for camouflaging into their environment.

Brisbane River turtles are omnivores and have a varied diet consisting of whole fish, snails, insect larvae, worms, prawns, mussels and yabbies, as well as vegetation and algae. They do not have any teeth and will use their sharp, serrated beak to pull apart and consume their prey.

Taken at the Mt Cooth-tha Botanic Gardens in Brisbane.

Dennis

 

[Pantry42]

From a visit in 2019 , Best one of a 'Roo' under full power that I managed

 

[Capn Jack]

This came and had a look at me in a car park when we were last over there in 2019...

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That's a great image on an emu. Are emus birds? I'm looking at the thread title

 

[Pantry42]

That's a great image on an emu. Are emus birds? I'm looking at the thread title

You are quite right, so I have removed the post !

 

[Avondale87]

one our residents
I'm not sure if these are Tasmanian Paddy melon or Bennets Wallaby?
Edit. Pademelon it is.

 

[griffljg]

A group of us from my local camera club were wandering around Edwards Park, to the east of Brisbane, looking for birds, when a lady walking from the other direction said that there was a koala up a tree around the corner. Around the corner and there it was...... Doing what koalas usually do during the day. - Sleeping!

Koala by Laurence Griffiths, on Flickr​

 

[Avondale87]

Couple old favourites
A family of Pademelon live around us and they reproduce.