Well, this is my last post on the trip to Australia. It was a fun time, way too short, but an opportunity that could not be passed up.
One of our early days there we went out to the bush in the city. Walkabout Creek is the tip of a great big wild area and bush preserve. We walked along a lake side and crossed a creek a few times. It was fun to be out in the bush and see the trees and plans and hear the bird calls. It was really a relaxing and refreshing time. However, we were still having some effects of jet lag and were a bit less focused than we would have wanted. We did not see any land animals while were were walking but heard lots of birds and saw some interesting bugs. At the lodge we did see some wallaroos, one with joey in her pouch, which is something I really wanted to see. So cute. Australia has the largest number of native marsupials, actually I think maybe the only place where they are native (?). They have marsupial bats, possums, kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, koalas, they even have marsupial mice and other things that in other places are not marsupial. Interesting to say the least.
We enjoyed the long bus ride there and back and I got to preview my trek to Paddington, which I mentioned in another post. The walk was fun and the scenery beautiful. It actually reminded me of the nature walk we took in Atlanta at the Chattahoochee. Not quite as tamed, but similar.
Here are some photos:
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