WEEK 116,A Week of Animals....
We have less than 12 days to go now and we have been visiting the last few places around the place. So this week is about animals and the not seen ones as they are not easy to find, so off to a research centre to see them in as wild place we could see them.
Our friends who came over the same day as us are about to return back to Mainland on the 10th and have done Tasmania different way to us and maybe if travelling as a family may get some ideas, HERE
So once we get back to Melbourne I start on the 19th Nov. by going back to school and will be learning the how and why of running a caravan park/Motel, it will be a hands on job for which I will be paid and it will be over a little while. Am trying to learn how to be a Relief Manager, so as when start to move again can get work in the this field and its a long way from what I have done for the past 40 years and its going to be great and somewhat different than house sitting as well.
Other than that this week was about mowing the yard, which I will have to do again over next weekend for the last time as owners are back Tuesday week, so next week will be putting stuff away and going to the dentist again on Wednesday and maybe one more visit somewhere not sure about that yet with so many other things to do.
Have also added a page of those animal shots we did not use and have put up a page HERE with those we have not used and maybe you might want to see.
Our friends who came over the same day as us are about to return back to Mainland on the 10th and have done Tasmania different way to us and maybe if travelling as a family may get some ideas, HERE
So once we get back to Melbourne I start on the 19th Nov. by going back to school and will be learning the how and why of running a caravan park/Motel, it will be a hands on job for which I will be paid and it will be over a little while. Am trying to learn how to be a Relief Manager, so as when start to move again can get work in the this field and its a long way from what I have done for the past 40 years and its going to be great and somewhat different than house sitting as well.
Other than that this week was about mowing the yard, which I will have to do again over next weekend for the last time as owners are back Tuesday week, so next week will be putting stuff away and going to the dentist again on Wednesday and maybe one more visit somewhere not sure about that yet with so many other things to do.
Have also added a page of those animal shots we did not use and have put up a page HERE with those we have not used and maybe you might want to see.
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The Spotted-tail quoll, is the largest of the quoll family native to Australia, with males and females weighing around 4.0 kg and 2.0 kg respectively. Largely territorial, they are considered an apex predator, their prey consists of insects, crayfish, lizards, snakes, birds, domestic poultry, small mammals, platypus, rabbits, arboreal possums, pademelons, small wallabies, and wombats, the latter of which are much larger than themselves. The breeding season begins in early winter and the female can raise up to 6 young in her pouch with weaning occurring in the spring, young generally disperse in November. Their lifespan is 3-4 years. The species lives in a variety of habitats, but seem to prefer wet forests such as rainforests and closed eucalypt forest. They are arboreal, but only moderately.
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The Pademelons are small, compact, short-tailed wallabies that typically inhabit wet sclerophyll and rainforests from Tasmania to New Guinea. The genus is equally diverse in New Guinea (4 species) and Australia (3 species) with one of the latter, the Red-legged Pademelon (T. stigmatica), in both regions. The Pademelons occupy an interesting taxonomic position and may have been the ancestors of both Tree-kangaroos and Rock-wallabies a few million years ago. Given the absence of Rock-wallabies from New Guinea but presence of Pademelons in both Australia and New Guinea, Tree-kangaroos likely evolved first, probably in New Guinea, and two species entered the far north through Cape York. Rock-wallabies evolved later in Australia, probably on the east coast where Pademelons are found, and when no suitable habitat breached the Torres Strait or Bass Strait given their absence from Tasmania.
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Cradle Valley waterfall walk
Distance: 1.5km
Time: 40 minutes
Start/Finish: Opposite Cradle Mountain Lodge shop
There is some lovely scenery in Cradle Valley that doesn’t require a trip to Cradle Mountain. Start this easy walk by crossing the road from the car park and walking through a patch of open heathland then descending into rainforest to a track junction beside Pencil Pine River. Turn right to visit Pencil Pine Falls from a riverside viewing platform just 100 metres from the junction (there is another viewing spot on the other side of the creek which is also worth a visit later). Head back to the junction and continue straight ahead, following the river on the Dove Canyon Track. The forest is enchanting and walking is mostly on boardwalks. The turn-around point is a platform overlooking Knyvet Falls, framed by eucalypts and, if you’re there at the right time of year, blooming wildflowers. Return to the junction and head uphill to return to the car park.
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The little fella above was crossing the highway in front of us when another car passed which turned him around and was going in circles, Ellen got out and got him/her off the road and he headed into the longer grass along the road and buried himself into his defence position, was only very small and was happy to see him safe and sound. We have been so surprised by the amount of road kill we have seen across the roads here in Tasmania and the worse spot was around the Beaconsfield area out towards Beauty Point.
