On our visit to Bruny Island on Thursday we walked from Adventure Bay to Fluted Cape on the southeast corner of the island and we were lucky enough to meet several wallabies and an echidna . None of them seemed in the least bothered by our presence as you can see. The interesting thing was that they were all out and about in the middle of the day, as both animals are basically nocturnal and only usually seen at dawn or dusk. Another walker we met suggested that this may have been because the dull, overcast and rather cool weather had confused them. Whatever it gave us a great opportunity to see them in daylight.
Our last day in the south before heading back to Scamander was spent at Cygnet, another farming and apple growing centre which hosts Tasmania's biggest folk festival. We wandered about during the day taking in the atmosphere, then had tickets for the main hall concert in the evening, which featured the Sydney Russian Balalaika Orchestra (no really!), Fred Smith and the Spooky Men's Chorale singing Urban Sea Shanties (honest I'm not making this up!), a Maltese group from mainland Australia, and a very fine Scots/Australian string band. It was a great night. The only problem was we had to drive back to our accommodation late at night - about half an hour on quiet country roads successfully avoiding all the wallabies, possums, and bandicoots which stray onto the roads at night. The roadkill you see here in the mornings has to be seen to be believed.
On our visit to Bruny Island on Thursday we walked from Adventure Bay to Fluted Cape on the southeast corner of the island and we were lucky enough to meet several wallabies and an echidna . None of them seemed in the least bothered by our presence as you can see. The interesting thing was that they were all out and about in the middle of the day, as both animals are basically nocturnal and only usually seen at dawn or dusk. Another walker we met suggested that this may have been because the dull, overcast and rather cool weather had confused them. Whatever it gave us a great opportunity to see them in daylight.
Our last day in the south before heading back to Scamander was spent at Cygnet, another farming and apple growing centre which hosts Tasmania's biggest folk festival. We wandered about during the day taking in the atmosphere, then had tickets for the main hall concert in the evening, which featured the Sydney Russian Balalaika Orchestra (no really!), Fred Smith and the Spooky Men's Chorale singing Urban Sea Shanties (honest I'm not making this up!), a Maltese group from mainland Australia, and a very fine Scots/Australian string band. It was a great night. The only problem was we had to drive back to our accommodation late at night - about half an hour on quiet country roads successfully avoiding all the wallabies, possums, and bandicoots which stray onto the roads at night. The roadkill you see here in the mornings has to be seen to be believed.
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