Goannas

Mick O has been drawing our attention to some of the reptiles that we come across on our travels. Goannas are among the more visible of our reptiles, being often large, and bold enough to hang around camping areas or anywhere there is the possibility of a feed.

I have put together a short blog here

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We have had several memorable goanna encounters. Once when walking along a bush track on the NSW south coast we saw large scratch marks, about the size of a hand, on the ground. We followed the tracks but were astonished to come across their maker, a huge fat goanna maybe 5 feet long. We watched him for some time (keeping well back) as he basked in the sun oblivious to our presence. Sadly, no photos.

Another time we came across some 44gal drums used as rubbish bins. The ground around was littered with rubbish and disposable nappies were scattered everywhere. We did a bit of a tidy up, muttering darkly about untidy disgusting humans - then we saw what was making the mess. A couple of big goannas were finding the bins irresistable (especially the nappies) and were dragging out and scattering around anything that smelled interesting.

Hopefully others will have their goanna stories and some photos to add. Maybe someone can ID the goannas in the blog too.

Cheers,

Val