Wildlife in Tasmania

Tasmania’s national parks offered us some close encounters with the local wildlife.

In Cradle Mountain we awoke each morning to find a pademelon sitting just outside our door within arm’s reach. It watched us and ate the nearby vegetation. We watched it and took a lot of photos.

Freycinet offered a similar up-close experience with the wallabies, who happily nibbled grass at the edge of the walking tracks while we wandered by, and an amazing array of birds.

Here are some pictures of the wild and not so wild creatures we came across.