The last place we stayed in Tasmania was with Gerry and Chris (we found them through Airbnb) near Deloraine, in the north. They're both from Brisbane originally (so they gave us lots of suggestions for when we land there), both former prison staff (but Gerry is also a great cook, an asset we took advantage of!), and both very personable and hospitable. They live on about 15 acres with fruit trees, berry bushes, chickens, and a few sheep. Their property includes some woods, which we walked through our first evening there. We saw (and heard) kookaburras and various other birds, heard many things scurry away in the thick brush, and then came upon this:
It's an echidna, a monotreme ("one hole"), a mammal that lays eggs, a family of animals that includes only one other animal, the platypus (which I saw when I was here 33 years ago, but we haven't seen yet this time). You can see the backwards pointing spines and anteater-like nose … it's about the size of a bowling ball.
We also saw pademelons, a type of wallaby (a marsupial) in the early evening behind Gerry/Chris's chicken shed:
It's an echidna, a monotreme ("one hole"), a mammal that lays eggs, a family of animals that includes only one other animal, the platypus (which I saw when I was here 33 years ago, but we haven't seen yet this time). You can see the backwards pointing spines and anteater-like nose … it's about the size of a bowling ball.
We also saw pademelons, a type of wallaby (a marsupial) in the early evening behind Gerry/Chris's chicken shed:
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