The week after Tasmania, we stayed in Kyneton and took day trips around Victoria from there. We took my parents for a drive along the Great Ocean Road, spotting Koalas, Kangaroos, Wallabys, an Echidna and several beautiful birds along the way!
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| The White Kangaroo Blizzard gets a taste of the great outdoors |
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| Let the Koala spotting begin! |
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| Koalas are very picky eaters. They only munch certain types of Eucalyptus trees, and also make these trees their homes. |
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| They like to eat the young leaves, near the top of the tree, at the ends of the branches. |
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| And of course, they love resting. |
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| Sleepy koala... The Eucalyptus leaves they have evolved to eat do not actually provide as much nutritional value as one would hope, so they have to eat a lot of them and store their energy for when they need it. The leaves may have also a mild anesthetic quality, or something that contributes to koalas' overall lethargic nature. |
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| These two koalas ate up almost all the leaves in this tree, so they will have to move on to a different tree soon. |
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| We spotted an echidna - a monotreme of the same egg-laying mammal family as the platypus. He was very shy, though and ran over to a burrow, where he stuck his head in and left the rest of his spiny body sticking out for defense, ostensibly playing dead. |
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| Trying to get a better look at the echidna |
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| Dad spotted a wallaby and managed to get pretty close to it before it took off. |
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| A lovely Crimson Rosella |
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| ...and a male King Parrot |
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| The winding Great Ocean Road |
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| The Venus Grotto from above |
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| Posing in front of the Venus Grotto |
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| London Bridge, which fell down! |
1 comment:
Oh my gosh what amazing photos!! These photos speak to my inner-traveler :)
WOnderful blog you have!
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