On our trips around Queensland we came across loads of beautiful wildlife, not only in captivity but in the wild too.
fruit bat – Australia Zoo
golden orb weaving spider – these were everywhere and ranged from house spider sized right up to scary-big!
eastern water dragon – again, these were everywhere
We didn’t manage to find any wild koalas although we were often to be found sniffing around any scribbly gums or other eucalyptus we could find – this fella was in the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
sleepy wombat – Australia Zoo
Tasmanian devil – Australia Zoo
croc – Australia Zoo
kangaroo at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, we saw quite a few of these in the wild, particularly further north
emu
goanna – this one was just off the path on the way to a creek, he was about 3-4ft long
praying mantis, this little beasty was on the wall outside of our room
fruit bats over Hervey Bay – apparently they were on their daily commute to Fraser Island
gecko, again, these chaps were everywhere – and really noisy
tree snake – we found this one at the Wild Horse Mountain lookout, he was probably a couple of metres long and very fast
bush turkey – anywhere you could scratch some dirt, you could find one of these
another water dragon, I think this one was basking on a random rock at Australia Zoo
ring-tailed lemur – Australia Zoo
Joey – Australia Zoo
blue parrot – Australia Zoo
red parrot – Australia Zoo
Cassowary – Australia Zoo
Lorikeet, we saw loads of these colourful little chaps all over the place
