Australian wildlife

One of the great things about visiting Australia is all the wildlife that you get to see. Here are some of the coolest creatures we've seen and met during the past two weeks...

Wild horses aka "brumbies" in the outback:


Parenti lizard, at Palm Valley:


Thorny devil lizard, on the road between Palm Valley and Kings Canyon (roadkill, but in surprisingly good shape):


Wild camels, between Kings Canyon and Uluru:


Sergeant Major fish (among many others), at the Great Barrier Reef:


I'm not sure what kind of parrots these are, but they were all over the place at our hotel in Port Douglas:


Two snakes, spotted while cruising in the Daintree rainforest:


Wallaby, at the Koala Conservation Centre on Phillip Island:


Koala with joey, at the Koala Conservation Centre:



Wombat, at Warrook Farm, between Melbourne and Phillip Island:


Kangaroos, at Warrook Farm:



We also saw some kangaroos in the wild; the same grey ones while at the Blue Mountains (outside of Sydney), and two red kangaroos just outside of Alice Springs which were too quick for my camera reflexes.

There was a dingo appearance at Ayers Rock Resort (not very exciting, looked like a dog, and again, ran away before I could get my camera).

Of course, there were many many penguins at Phillip Island, but as photography was not allowed there, I don't have any photos of those either. They were super cute, though; very tiny (less than 12 inches tall), usually clustered together in small groups, and quite noisy while greeting and preening each other.