So cool to still see the Swamp Wallabies in the backyard. We have a 3 meter drop off out the back with tree ferns growing at the base, when they’re just the right height the fronds are reachable by the wallabies. They love them, anything reachable gets stripped bare. It must be an unusual situation and I cant find anything saying that they eat tree ferns, but they do!

Wallabia bicolor

I’m still amazed that there can be wallabies in backyards this close to the city. Growing up around here I never saw a wallaby in the bush, or even heard of anyone seeing one. I wonder what’s brought them back.

They seem to hang about near the house much more during winter and spring, they’re often here in the morning having breakfast, and sometimes stay for the day lounging in the sun.