A few hot days and the reptiles emerged. A young brown snake - quite skinny and less than a metre long - crossed in front of me and into a garden bed. Note to self when next weeding - This Shingleback Lizard was basking on the grass - I broke my 'don't feed the animals' rule and left a strawberry (they are all ruined by millipedes again and I'm about to give up trying to grow them) in the direction it was headed. The smell of it got the lizard's tongue tasting the air and when I returned both the Shingleback and the strawberry were gone. Quite a few kangaroos around already - they're usually not so noticeable until mid-summer when the green feed in the bush has run out. They do like a newly mown paddock to graze in.
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Angel Beigesang
14/11/2019 10:13:24 pm
Beautiful shot of that archaic looking shingleback. I would love to see Daily Life on the Limestone Coast in coffee table book form.
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