The wildlife in the Tanami


Little ‘Hoppy’that surprises me daily with his wanderings in my bath room   






This little fellow greeted me in my classroom store room this week.


This long tailed visitor usually lives in my air conditioner unit outside. It is so dry that he climbed into the bucket under my tap. He couldn’t get out and a camp dog 🐕 was trying to eat him. I rescued him to fight another day.



This lizard 🦎 was on my fly wire. 
It might be Eugene, who often visits my lounge room 


This big frog 🐸 was on my verandah. He was very fat!!


This is Milo, a camp dog 🐶 that lives next door. 



The cattle from Ruby Plains (Kidman Cattle Staion) on the Tanami Rd. 


This goanna was one of 10 I saw on my trip toHalls Creek. The locals love these poor guys!!



We went on a bush trip to the rock art and water holes. The kids found some crabs 🦀 I was surprised to see crabs!!  This one was dead but the kids saw them in the water holes. 


These Easter Bunnies 🐰 were created by my kids this week 

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