Fractal Blog

Autumn here is really nice -- we had another warm, sunny day with temperatures in the low twenties. This weather in the UK in November would be unthinkable. I'd overdone it a bit yesterday on the cycling front, so while the Obsessive Cyclist threw his bike in the car again, I just took my camera, and off we went to Lysterfield Park again. Yes, there are other parks in this state but this is by far the nicest we've found. I walked on foot until I found the rock garden depicted here. At least I think this haphazard collection of rocks was what they had in mind when putting the label"rock garden" on my map.

Nil desperandum, I found myself a dead log (in Australia, never sit down on the ground; the country is full of poisonous spiders, snakes etc) and read a book for a while. This kookaburra was the reason why I felt something was watching me.

After a while I proceeded towards the top of Hug Trail, having vague thoughts of maybe finding some kangaroos there. I never got as far as the Hug Trail, since on my way there I found these! A walker had startled them by walking directly towards them.

Caught this adult kangaroo in mid-jump.

I saw several more females with half-grown joeys in their pouches, some of them in positions that shouldn't be possible and certainly couldn't be comfortable (e.g. head and one hind leg sticking out). And this one proved that having a baby needn't hold you back.