Today we had a ‘No’ day! We drove up Wombat Hill, but not a wombat did we see; we drove through Kangaroo Valley, and not a kangaroo did we see; we peered into a river with platypuses, and not a platypus did we see. Then we visited Fitzroy Falls and Minnamurra Falls – Fitzroy Trickle and Minamurra Dribble – or as we now call them, Fitzroy No-Falls and Minnamurra No-Falls. We did have some momentary excitement when Grandad spotted a kangaroo, but it was the branch of a tree!
But we had a really lovely day, driving through the Southern Highlands, with steep , winding mountain roads, and gentle valley roads with lots of beef cattle and dairy cows. (We’re probably having some for our dinner tonight – Aussie steak!) At Fitzroy Falls, we walked along the escarpment rim, on a safe path with lookouts all the way so we could see the stunning views across the rainforest. Then we went to the rainforest walk at Minnamurra and in our first five metres were stopped by an Eastern Water Dragon on the path in front of us: he was about a metre long, and quickly hopped off into the forest as we approached.
So a ‘No’ day can be a great day!
Fitzroy Rainforest. 
Eastern Water Dragon 
Ferns growing in the trees.
Nana Down Under 
I love the lizard and hope we see some too!
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He was very cute – and very interested in us!
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