Our next National Park was Wollemi NP, chosen because I read that there were kangaroos and wombats right in the campsite. We met Helen and Terry at the entrance to the park. They hoped that we had found the endangered Regent honeyeater, but we told them that we were excited about every bird we saw! They told us that Wollemi was an important birding area (IBA), because of the variety of birds that could be found.
We didn't see any of the rare birds here, but we did see 12 new species. And the campsite was in a beautiful setting next to a creek and with cliffs on both sides. In the afternoon the wallabies and kangaroos started moving into the campground.
Campsite with wombat burrow in foreground and kangaroos in the distance.
Later a raucous flock of 40 sulphur crested Cockatoos flew over. After we went to bed we could hear the kangaroos bouncing by and chewing grass right next to our tent. In the morning our neighbour Helen called us over to show us
A wombat at his den.
Seriously these guys are crazy, like a big overgrown guinea pig!
O our second day, walking along the creek, we saw several goanna (lace monitors)
Goanna, about 5 foot long
This one was missing one of its tail feathers and had an injured foot.
One of the other campers told us they'd seen a platypus upstream where there was more water so we headed up there in the late afternoon. We found the most beautiful platypus pond, but after half an hour it hadn't made an appearance.
Beautiful platypus habitat
Bird of the day: Rainbow bee-eater
(Not our photo)
Creepiest crawly of the day:
This 3" diameter spider climber out of our picnic table after dark.
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