Australian Fur Seals, Bruny Island, Tasmania
Australian Fur Seals, also known as the Longnose Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) have a couple of colonies at Friar Rocks, at the southern end...
Mammals
Mangy Fox near Gordon, Victoria
We decided to visit the Moorabool Reservoir today (we hadn’t been there before) and I missed a turnoff and ended up going down an...
A Woolly Verandah!
Saw this old abandoned cottage today at Springbank, near Ballarat, Victoria. Abandoned except for a small flock of sheep!
Koala, Tower Hill, Warrnambool, Victoria
A sleeping koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a tree at Tower Hill, near Warrnambool, Victoria. Tower Hill is an interesting volcanic complex and reserve. Photo...
Bennett’s Wallaby, Margate, Tasmania
A small mob of Bennett’s Wallabies (Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus), smaller than the ones known as Red-necked Wallabies on mainland Australia, in Margate, Tasmania. Photo...
Devil in the Hen House
This Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) managed to break into our Chooks house. Fortunately, I got down there and let them out and they spent...
Echidna, Windermere, Victoria
A Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) seen today near Lake Burrumbeet, Windermere, Victoria. Click on the image below to view on iNaturalist.org.
Brushtail Possum, Allens Rivulet, Tasmania
A common occurrence when we lived in Allens Rivulet, Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) climbing our walls, drainpipes or anything else, and then running back...
Cattle Egrets with, er, Cattle!
Interesting that the Cattle Egret’s Latin name is Bubulcus ibis! But egrets are not ibises. This photo of Cattle Egrets with their arch-nemesis, cattle,...
Platypus, Allens Rivulet, Tasmania
When we lived in Allens Rivulet, we used to go down the back to Allens Rivulet itself and sit on rock ledges (Permian mudstone)...
Tasmanian Pademelon, Margate, Tasmania
Pademelons (Thylogale billardierii) are small wallabies. We had quite a lot visit us when we lived in Tasmania. They are mostly nocturnal but can...
Ringtail Possum, Melbourne, Victoria
The Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) is, as it’s name suggests, common. This one lives in trees in Flagstaff Gardens, central Melbourne, Victoria. There...
Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Grampians, Victoria
A small mob of Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus), in the Grampians area of western Victoria. Photo take July 2013.
Echidna, Brisbane Ranges, Victoria
A Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) in the Brisbane Ranges, near Geelong, Victoria. Photo taken in October 2015.
Echidna near Ouse, Tasmania
An Echidna at the Repulse Dam near Ouse, Tasmania. Interesting that the Tasmanian echidnas are the Short-Beaked Echidna species (Tachyglossus aculeatus). This one seems...
Bennett’s Wallaby with Joey, Margate, Tasmania
Mum Bennett’s Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) looking one way, young Joey looking the other. The Bennett’s Wallaby is known as the Red-necked Wallaby on the...
Brushtail Possum, Margate, Tasmania
There were two main species of possum that we had on our property in Tasmania, the grey Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), and the darker...
Echidna, Margate, Tasmania
Echidnas are a fairly common animal in Tasmania, but often quite shy, tending to partially bury itself when approached. This photo taken December 2010...
Koala, Mount Buninyong, Victoria
A sleepy koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) high up in a tree at Mount Buninyong, south of Ballarat, Victoria. I recently heard that there are only...
Bennett’s Wallaby, Margate, Tasmania
Late afternoon sun silhouette’s a Bennett’s Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) on the property next to us when we lived in Margate, Tasmania. Photo taken September...