Tuesday, April 20, 2010

We tried to drive all the way to Denmark, but it was a lot farther than we thought so we gave up and took some short hikes around Windy Harbor and Salmon Beach, in D'Entrecasteaux N.P.  This is a shot of Salmon Beach, gorgeous and completely deserted. 

Wednesday - Today was cloudy and a bit rainy, so we went to the Dolphin Discovery Center in Bunbury.  The dolphins are wild and they did not make an appearance today, so we didn't stay too long.  That night we decided to try again to spot some of the very endangered ring-tailed possums in Tuart N.P. and this time -success!  We saw not only several ring-tails, but also lots of brush-tailed possums as well.  There were a lot of wallabies hopping around in the dark; they make a bit of noise so it's kind of scary to hear them moving around, until you shine the light on them and realize it's just a wallabie and not a serial killer.  The possums were not easy to spot, you have to be very quiet and watch for "eye shine" although if they're looking away from the light it's really hard to see them.  Once the light is on them they sit very still, and some even began eating the peppermint tree leaves while we took pictures.  This first pic is of a ring-tailed possum.

This next little guy is a brush-tailed possum, and we saw quite a few of them, although they tended to run away from the light, even jumping to the next tree.