Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Wordless Wednesday: Our Special Visitor

In honor of Australia Day tomorrow,  I'd like to introduce you to our special little visitor....

My Children were surprised, delighted and instantly fell in love with this spikey little traveler......our echidna!   If you look closely at the last shot, you can see the brave black ants he missed for lunch, crawling on his  head! We were lucky enough to have this beautiful Native Australian marsupial appear in our garden, twice... before he was never seen again....

The kids (and grown-ups) still keep an eye on this spot though....Just in case.....




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To Celebrate Wordless Wednesday, I'm linking up with My little Drummer Boys, Sakura Haruka, Tina's pic story and Tots and Me. You can visit these sites for beautiful photos!
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37 comments:

  1. Carrie Ann24 January 2012 at 14:37

    ACK! LOL!

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  2. Jen at Semantically driven24 January 2012 at 15:13

    Lucky you. I love echidnas - from a safe distance of course.

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  3. Cathy24 January 2012 at 15:25

    They don't look too cuddly but still a treat to see one in your garden!

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    1. SportyMummy24 January 2012 at 15:27

      Thanks Cathy...definitely not cuddly...but the kids just adored him!

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  4. Three Hoodies Save the World24 January 2012 at 15:51

    They make our hedgehogs in the UK look a little puny.

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    1. SportyMummy24 January 2012 at 19:25

      Hi Roger, I was actually surprised to see how big this guy was. Thanks for commenting!

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  5. Megan C.24 January 2012 at 16:16

    I don't know if I've ever seen one of those before, how cool that you got to see it up close!

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    1. SportyMummy24 January 2012 at 19:26

      Thanks Megan! he wasn't too scared of us either.

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  6. Anonymous24 January 2012 at 17:01

    Unreal, they are suppose to be good luck I have been told :)

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  7. Tat24 January 2012 at 17:10

    How cute! We saw one the other day on the side of the road. We even did a U-turn and went back to have a closer look (and take him further away into the bush), but we couldn't find him anymore.

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    1. SportyMummy24 January 2012 at 19:27

      Thanks Tat. We thought he was cut too...in a spikey sort of way :)

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  8. The Southern Product Queen24 January 2012 at 18:41

    Such a cute post! I'm having a linky party and would love for you to link up and share with me at www.thesouthernproductqueen.com! Thanks!

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  9. SportyMummy24 January 2012 at 19:28

    Thanks for your comment and invitation!

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  10. Seana Smith24 January 2012 at 19:48

    Hello SportyMummy, good to meet you via Wordless Wed, and how exciting to have an echidna in the garden. I've never seen one really close too and would love too... though not to touch!

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  11. Mum on the Run24 January 2012 at 21:00

    That's brilliant.
    Will have to show my Magoo when he wakes!
    :-)

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    1. SportyMummy25 January 2012 at 05:36

      Thanks Shar...I hope he liked it! we had lots of kids come over to visit him.

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  12. Unknown24 January 2012 at 21:59

    Great photos. Fancy having such a unique creature in your garden

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    1. SportyMummy25 January 2012 at 05:38

      Thanks Tamara! They are supposed to be quite common around Canberra, but it's the first time one set up house in our garden!

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  13. Coombe Mill - Fiona25 January 2012 at 01:23

    adorable!

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  14. All For Love25 January 2012 at 02:47

    Oh he is absolutely lovely! I love how they waddle around, but can run really fast when they need to. So cute :o) xo

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    1. SportyMummy25 January 2012 at 05:39

      Thanks! I scared him a couple of times getting too close with the camera and he took off!!

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  15. Nat - Muddy Farmwife25 January 2012 at 03:36

    Got to love an Echidna. They can wander up to 4km from their babies in search of food for them. We often get them out here, the kids are fascinated by them. Great pics.

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    1. SportyMummy25 January 2012 at 05:41

      Thanks Nat, they are building a new housing estate in the vacant land next to us, I think he came from there.

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  16. Tina´s PicStory25 January 2012 at 03:41

    wonderful pics! thanks for joining us :)

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  17. CONFUSEDHONESTY25 January 2012 at 03:42

    Oh cool, never seen these in real life! :) Thanks for the pic.

    Found you over at a link up, hope you come by http://daytodaymoments.blogspot.com ;)

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    1. SportyMummy25 January 2012 at 05:50

      Thank you! I've just visited your lovely blog too!

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  18. momto825 January 2012 at 05:19

    how cool! I'll bet you kids loved seeing "it"!

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  19. SportyMummy25 January 2012 at 05:50

    Thanks...they sure did!

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  20. MSBjaneB25 January 2012 at 07:04

    I have never seen one before! Quite an interesting character. Thanks so much for sharing the photos!

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  21. Sarah25 January 2012 at 19:10

    So cute! and so lucky to find such a little creature

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  22. Marita30 January 2012 at 13:10

    Wow! What an awesome visitor to have :)

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