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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ReplyDeletehehe....Thanks Carrie Ann :)
DeleteIndeed...They are incredibly spikey!!
ReplyDeleteThey don't look too cuddly but still a treat to see one in your garden!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cathy...definitely not cuddly...but the kids just adored him!
DeleteThey make our hedgehogs in the UK look a little puny.
ReplyDeleteHi Roger, I was actually surprised to see how big this guy was. Thanks for commenting!
DeleteI don't know if I've ever seen one of those before, how cool that you got to see it up close!
ReplyDeleteThanks Megan! he wasn't too scared of us either.
DeleteUnreal, they are suppose to be good luck I have been told :)
ReplyDeleteOh cool! I hope you're right!
DeleteHow 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tat. We thought he was cut too...in a spikey sort of way :)
DeleteSuch 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!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment and invitation!
ReplyDeleteHello 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!
ReplyDeleteHi Seana! great to meet you too!
DeleteThat's brilliant.
ReplyDeleteWill have to show my Magoo when he wakes!
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Thanks Shar...I hope he liked it! we had lots of kids come over to visit him.
DeleteGreat photos. Fancy having such a unique creature in your garden
ReplyDeleteThanks Tamara! They are supposed to be quite common around Canberra, but it's the first time one set up house in our garden!
Deleteadorable!
ReplyDeleteThank you! and thanks for visiting my blog!
DeleteOh he is absolutely lovely! I love how they waddle around, but can run really fast when they need to. So cute :o) xo
ReplyDeleteThanks! I scared him a couple of times getting too close with the camera and he took off!!
DeleteGot 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nat, they are building a new housing estate in the vacant land next to us, I think he came from there.
Deletewonderful pics! thanks for joining us :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tina!
DeleteOh cool, never seen these in real life! :) Thanks for the pic.
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Thank you! I've just visited your lovely blog too!
Deletehow cool! I'll bet you kids loved seeing "it"!
ReplyDeleteThanks...they sure did!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen one before! Quite an interesting character. Thanks so much for sharing the photos!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! and so lucky to find such a little creature
ReplyDeleteWow! What an awesome visitor to have :)
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