Red-necked Wallaby

Description:

The Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) is a medium-sized macropod marsupial (wallaby), common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania. As I'm a city boy, I rarely get to see little guys like this. I was delighted to see this one, and he was only one of many. They like to graze on lawns, so I don't think there's a need for a lawn mower on the mountain. Why would there be when the wallabies are keen to do the job?!

Habitat:

Spotted roadside adjacent to subtropical rainforest in Bunya Mountains National Park, southeast Queensland. Here's some info on the park - http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/bunya-...

Notes:

I have never seen any creature eat any part of a Bunya Pine except its cones... until today. A Red-necked Wallaby was eating the stem of a Bunya Pine, starting at the base and working its way towards the tip, discarding the needle-shape leaves along its length. Birds eat the cones, and it appears that wallabies eat the stems. Nice :-) Next time I'll try to be quicker with my camera.