Walking with Wallabies & Wombats

I am re-pulishing this article now that I have figured out how to pop the pics in properly.

While in Tasmania in June 2007, Peter and I went to the Narawntapu National Park.

I was really lucky to get so many great photo's of our short but adventurous visit to the Park. 

A brochure described the park as:

'The Narawntapu National Park is a place of peace for people and wildlife alike and offers a wide diversity  of habitats for both plants and animals, Narawntapu is an ideal park for the study of nature. Dusk is the best time to observe  the many native marsupials that live in the park and come out to graze on the grasslands. Commonly seen are large Forester kangaroos, Bennett's wallabies, Pademelons and Wombats.'

It should have only taken us 45 minutes to get there but we seemed to be driving for a long time across a narrow dirt track full of twists and turns. We finally reached our destination an hour and a half later. The Park Ranger later informed us that we apparently took the most 'adventurous' route to get there from Beaconsfield.

Once there though we both agreed we couldn't have picked a  better place to spend our last afternoon in Tasmania.  

Part of the Welcoming Committee .. A wombat grazing.

 As soon as we started our walk, this gorgeous 'Bennett's Wallaby' posed so beautifully for me. If you click on the full photo .. you will find out some more information  about the Bennett's Wallaby.

There are some great walking trails, including the one Peter and I went on .... 'The Springlawn Walk'. 

It suggests on the walking menu that the walk is 30 minutes long ...  for us .. 2 hours lol .... It takes you through a tea tree forest , swampland, lagoon habitat and a bird hide to peek through.

This is at the start of our walk into the Tea tree Forest

Peter taking a photo of me taking a photo of him. ...

As we were walking along we could hear lots of animals scurrying around on the forest floor.  This little Pademelon was a tad shy.

The next area revealed to us on our walk was some awesome  looking swampland. It was quite dry, but still green due to a little rain a few days earlier.

Tall Tea trees .... I loved how I captured the glow of the late  afternoon sun through the trees.

Past the Tea tree Forest and Swampland to the Lagoon. 

Looking through the Bird Hide  at the edge of the Lagoon, back at the Swamp and Tea tree Forest.

There weren't many birds on Lagoon at the time, but I did manage to zoom in with my camera and took a shot of this bird taking off. I took this photo from the bird hide.

At the end of our walk this little guy was waiting for another photo I think

Peter with a friendly little Pademelon

And finally ....  the animals were just starting to graze on the open plains late in the afternoon as we were leaving. 

If you ever get to Tassie this is one place I would highly reccommend going to. They also cater for campers if you wanted to stay longer than an afternoon. It is on my list of things to do. Apparently the best time to be there is at dusk and through the night you will see and hear more animals that live in the park. There is also a BBQ area for day-trippers.

I hope you enjoyed our walk with Wallabies and Wombats in The Narantawpu National Park - Tasmania - Australia.

Cheers

Chrissy - Downunder