THE WALLABIES OF THE AREA

Red-necked Wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) are common in the area. They are grey or reddish grey in colour with red shoulders and dark paws. They spend much of their time alone or in small groups and live in small home ranges (which overlap extensively and are often less than 20 hectares in size) with open areas for feeding (mainly grasses) and close to cover of dense vegetation and gullies where they rest during the middle of the day.

They have flight movement tendencies which means that, when suddenly startled, there is an instant and explosive movement in all directions. They can be approached quite closely.

Swamp Wallabies (Wallabia bicolor) have been observed in the area. They are thickly set with course brown fur, a black 'robbers mask' face marking and yellow face stripes. They inhabit dense moist thickets and open forests with patches of dense cover, as well as swamps, and eat a wide range of vegetation including grasses and shrubs.

Whiptail or Pretty-faced Wallabies (Macropus parryi) have also been sighted. They are slender and graceful, pale grey in colour with white face stripes, a white mark on their hips and a long tail. They live in mobs of up to 50 and move very fast when alarmed. Their preffered habitat is open eucalyptus forest, especially on ridgetops and hillsides.