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Wildlife in Canberra

PossumOn the dog walks, I am seeing quite a bit of wildlife. This evening I saw a fox – I thought it was a cat a first, but by the time I had the camera ready, it had disappeared.

Possums are easier to catch – they just pop up a tree and then watch.

ParrotsThe bird life lets you get a little closer, but I need to take the big camera to catch them properly.

Cockatoos

The one bit of wildlife that did not run away is very familiar. I remember this from a French book translated into English that I read when I was ten. It was responsible for the death of the old king. Anyone else recognise it?

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Goulburn Morning

Good morning from Grosvenor Hill Caravan Park, Goulburn, home of the Singing Ants!

Singing Ants of Goulburn
Singing Ants of Goulburn

These ants have a predeliction for country music but also do a bit of instrumental, but nothing so unclassy as to have been composed this century.

I am beginning to suspect that caravan parks have themes. Grosvenor Hill Park, despite its small size (it seems to cater to the overnight traveller), has three themes. No only does it have the singing ants, it also has an awesome model train set up

The train emerging from the tunnel
The train emerging from the tunnel
...while the other passes a windmill.
…while the other passes a windmill.

and two aviaries.

A Norwegian Blue?
A Norwegian Blue?

Behind the caravan park isĀ  bit of scrub leading off to the Goulburn Tip (I didn’t realise until I got close). Lots of wild life there. We ran into several mobs of kangaroos, but only one let me get a shot. Pip went beserk when it began hopping.

Lone Kangaroo
Lone Kangaroo

Around the tip I saw a wild dog and I think a feral cat, but they did not want to get near me. There were lots of bullants too, but very hard to photograph on all the litter they use for their hives.