Bart Bear's Blog

We met this rather argumentative fellow at Green Cape lighthouse. There is a footpath from the carpark to the lighthouse and you are not supposed to walk off the path because it causes erosion of the sand dunes. Well, this wallaby had other ideas. He was resting in the bushes at the edge of the path and he didn't like people and small bears getting too close to him. Wallabies and kangaroos can be dangerous if they don't like you. They grab you with their front paws and kick you with their legs. Those legs pack a real whallop and have big, sharp claws on their toes. Some people have had their tummies ripped open by cranky kangas. So we were very careful going past this guy. You can see him watching us carefully, and I can assure you that we were watching him just as closely. We went slowly, on the far side of the path near the fence, thinking calm thoughts. The wallaby grunted and growled at us a few times but let us pass. When we walked back from the lighthouse, he had gone. I guess the extra people that arrived while we were there were just too much for him and he went off to find a quieter place to rest.

Labels: animals, lighthouse, New South Wales, south coast