From Cutie to Spooky

Since our last Wildlife Spotting Blog, it got even better, as we had even Wildlife camping.

To the kids delight, we had a lot more wallaby and kangaroo contact, than expected.

Feeding Leaves

Feeding Leaves

On one campsite at Potato Point, in the middle of the Eurobodalla National Park, we were surrounded by Wallabies and Kangaroos. They were literally living between the Campers. At night I almost stepped on a mother with a Joey on my way to the toilet. The moonlight luckily showed me the way through the many animals, that appeared every few meters.

Joey drink

Joey drink

 

Joey Pouch

Joey in the Pouch

 

Kangaroo Camp

Kangaroo Camp

Nearby we were so lucky to spot an Emu family living at the beach with its 4 grown up chicks. This is very unusual, as you would normally only find them in the Outback.

Emu chicks

Emu with chicks at the beach

On another amazingly set campsite within the Mimosa Rocks Nationalpark, Middle Beach, curious Swamp Wallabies and large Guanas (lizard) were hanging out near our tent.

Swamp Wallaby

Swamp Wallaby

 

Guana

Large Guana

We met our next furry friend of the marsupial family, the sleepy eyed Koala, on Raymond Island, a few 100 kilometers further south.

1 year old

1 year old Youngster

The children awarded the biggest cutie medals of course to the Joeys.

Joey sleep

Joey sleep

Another very cute marsupial, the nocturnal Possum, can be quiet spooky at times. Three of them woke me up in the middle of the night, whilst trying to open our Yogurt, that we had forgotten to “lock” away. When they started to scare each other away, their spine chilling shrieks created goosebumps on my skin. After crawling out of the tent and slowly approaching them, I was actually surprised how near they let me come and how slow and wobbly they then walked away with a sweet look on their eyes.

Possum

Possum

The piercing look of the Tawny Frogmouth Youngster, often mistaken as an Owl, created another spooky moment. Not enough though to scare us away:-)

Tawny Frogmouth

Tawny Frogmouth

From purple Twilight skies covered with tens of thousands of large flying foxes (a bit spooky but breathtakingly beautiful) to sweet shimmering golden sunsets over the beach, Australia offers us the whole spectrum.

Sunset

Golden Sunset