the
roo yard kangaroos and wallabies on the park enter through the one way
gate into a paddock with feed and water and then are released into surrounding
land by a gate on the park perimeter
a
feed station wombats enter the feed station through a heavy flap gate,
where wombat pellets and water have been left - movement is capture on film and
video from the camera station (at right)
Butterfly
madness
These species of butterfly was smack bang in the middle
of their breeding season - as soon as the bufferfly emerged
from its chrysalis the adult
butterfly mated with it
Camp
Visitor This huge Green Tree Frog visited us in Tent City - it was only
just smaller than the palm of my hand.
Cocakatoo
on Gaurd A breeding pair of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos took up home in the
hollow of a tree on the park, each time we drove past they came out to check on
us!
Bowerbird
Nest
Cooking
Dinner not really! This is the hairs we collected being boiled to extract
the DNA
Tent
City this is where Therese and I camped out - my tent is on the right
Lizard
Tracks There were all kinds of tracks in the sand - all kinds of birds,
lizards and of course, wombats!
The
dunny! Note there is no door!
Dollar
Birds
The
Volunteers Donga This is where some of the volunteers slept - it's called
the Hairy-Nosed Hilton
Data
Entry Afrer the daily hair intake was collected the information had to
be entered into a database
Dr
Alan Horsup at Saggy Baggy's burrow Each day we would rake the entry of
Saggy Baggy burrow to see how far she ventured at night - not far at all.
Saggy
Baggy Wombat The Old Girl of Epping near the very end of her life
Collecting
Hair snipping of each individual hair was tough on the eyes!
Dr
Alan Horsup tagging burrow number 300 A significant moment during our trip
Me
and Tilly! otherwise known as Therese Black
Roberto
Munguia and me He
was really embarressed to have this photo taken - a shy boy!
Hazel
and Dennis Hanrahan and me These
photos were taken on our last day at Epping Forest National Park
The
Girls! from left - Hilary MacDonald, Therese Black, me, Helen Matthews
and Carol Pullar (front)
Alan
Horsup and me Back in Rockhampton before being dropped off to return home
Todd
Woody and me Back in Rockhampton
Wiggles
and me! The day before we flew home some of us visited Rockhampton Zoo where
Wiggles lives
Wombat
Love! You just gotta love these guys - how cute can you get!
Clingon
and me This is the first time I've held a koala and boy - they do cling
on - and tight!!
