I mapped out every single turn and curve of every trail
inside the enclosure today! Dave
was very impressed with my GPS skills and how efficient I am at getting things
done. I was very pleased with
myself and thought a run would be a good prize.
It was a very good idea to go on a run! At the start I ran around the enclosure
for 7 minutes or so before deciding to go into the forest and explore. It wasn’t long before I saw an echidna
digging for food. Any sudden
movement and the echidna would curl its head under and press its body against
the dirt. It was very cute.
I crawled under an old barbed wire sheep fence and started
down a well-worn animal trail. The
trail stayed very close to another fence that seemed to go on forever. After 20 min the trail got to the
corner of the fence and I turned along with it to follow another trail. I saw three echidna along this trail; I
was pretty impressed with my choice of path and adventure.
I actually did touch one of it's spines...
This is one of the three echidna I saw!
The forever going trail I adventured on.
Second.
Third.
After about 40 minutes of walking I finally came to an opening with lots of kangaroo and a dirt road. I was starting to get a bit worried that Dave and Ninna would think I was hurt or something so I started running again hoping to get back to the enclosure fence. I scared so many kangaroo I was surprised that none of the males came after for disturbing the peace. The enclosure was now in sight, I looked down just in time to miss running over a baby chick. I know the name of the bird but I forget it right now unfortunately, which doesn’t really help you. I got a really close up photo of it because the parents weren’t around, if they were I would have been dive-bombed and wounded with a beak.
After that my run was pretty uneventful.
I returned home to our new guests all hot and sweaty, Mike and Peggy are echidna and Rosenberg goanna specialists. I saw both those animals today, which is pretty cool. Tonight we are having a barbeque for their niece who has just arrived from Texas. I was just happy to have a shower, in which I now have never felt cleaner since arriving in Australia… and it only took 7 minutes! Not that you need to know my showering habits but I have become very efficient in the conservation of water. I might still be into water conservation when I get home. Walking towards the visitor center to hear Peggy’s presentation about goanna and echidna… I saw my first kookaburra! It was a fantastic way to end a great day!
Off to the barbeque now, wish me luck!
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