I ain't echidna'ing you!

Yes yes. Another of Australia's wonderful little creatures has crossed our property lines and entered our new Ozzie lives. Last night, Sammy woke Tim up by indicating he heard a sound outside our bedroom door. Tim said it sounded like someone or something snoring, but he couldn't see anything with the "torch" (that's "flashlight" to you US folks!).

This afternoon I was painting in our bedroom -- white if you can imagine me painting anything that isn't outrageous! Sammy was sitting on the balcony outside our bedroom and every now and then would bark. I kept looking to see what attracted his attention, and hoped it wasn't our neighbor trying to enjoy the quiet of his backyard. After five or six episodes of seeing nothing -- I viewed something moving around a tree trunk just up the hill. I ran to get the binoculars, and then I saw it, "a porcupine!" Hmmmm, but this porcupine's nose must have been 8 inches long! I asked Ian (our kitchen cabinetry guy) if he knew of any kind of animal like this. His guess was a wombat. I looked wombat up on my handy little laptop, but nope - wombats have cute little guinea pig noses. Searching Australia and NSW mammals, I finally saw it. AN ECHIDNA!



I'll let you know if "the snorer" returns!

Hugs, Judi