Our tour guide Martin was amazing, knowing everything you could possible want to know about Australian animals. 4 months out of the year he also does African Safari tours. So cool.
At our first stop we saw a wild emu wandering around with a baby. Apparently emu's are raised by the father, as the mother disappears shortly after birth. Not often you hear about that happening in nature.
After the emu's, we wandered into a giant open field to see the wild kangaroos just enjoying the rain. We could get fairly close before they got scared and wandered away. So cool.
In the midst was also a giant male that we named Arnold. He's huge!
After kangaroo chasing, we went to one of the giant ponds and enjoyed some bird watching. Birds are everywhere, especially the cockatoos. We even listened to the kookaburras cackling in the trees. They sound a bit like baboons to me. Australia is filled with over 700 kinds of eucalyptus trees, so the area smells amazing. At one point our guide picked a few lemon leaves from a eucalyptus tree to use for tea. If you are a tea drinker, you would have loved it.
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We took a few pictures from the top of the You Yang Mountains and enjoyed the view.
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On our way down, we stopped to see a random critter along the road. Ironically, this little guy is an echidna, or as our guide referred to him, an Australian Enchilada. Martin grabbed my camera and leaned out the window of the car to take some pictures for me. He got some great ones too.
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After that we headed back to the city where Brigid and I crashed for the night after a fun, but cold and wet day in the bush.
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