Bart Bear's Blog

This is not what you expect to see in a paddock near Canberra. Driving into town along the highway from Sydney, as you pass one of the rest areas near Lake George, there is a group of four zebras apparently roaming free on the dry lake bed. Definitely worth stopping for a look. Well, these are not real live zebbies. They are actually sculptures that are so lifelike that nobody believes it until they wait for hours to see if the critters move. The zebbies were made by a sculptor that had been on safari in Africa and missed all the critters when he came back home, so he made these ones as a reminder. Maybe he will make other critters as well. I hope he does. There is only one possible problem I can see. Decades ago Lake George was full of water and there were yachts and speedboats using it. It has been dry for years, but with the rain that we are finally getting the water is starting to come back. You can see puddles of it all around the zebbies. What will happen if the lake fills up again? By the way, can you see me on the post? There is a reason I am up off the ground and this time it is not crabs.

Labels: animals, Canberra, crabs