So today is the day I leave.

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

The Best Run I Have Ever Had!


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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