This little post is simply to list the wildlife we saw on our desert trips (both the practice one and the real thing) - you will soon see that we didn't actually see any spiders and snakes on either! Of course - they were there, so definitely keep an eye out, but don't let fear get in the way of adventure.
PS my animal photos are few and far between - it appears I didn't take all that many! Noted for the next trip.
emu crossing in Flinders Ranges
Our practice trip
This trip was in December 2016, and was seriously hot (around 45+ each day). We probably saw many more animals than is listed below, but once we started getting so much car trouble, we stopped counting.
On this trip we saw:
Beetle x 1 (it got into our be and woke us up)
Kangaroo x 2
Deer x 1
Rabbit x 2
Wallaby x 4
Billy goats x 20
Emu x 23
Lizard x 2
Eagle x 2
rock wallaby in Alice Springs
Our Uluru/Flinders Trip
This trip was in April 2017, and was still warm, but also so SO wet. We counted the wildlife the whole way through this trip (which of course I didn't photograph) - we saw more emus than anything else, but certainly saw a good range. Most animals are pretty harmless, as long as you respect them and their surroundings. I would definitely be careful of dingos running around the campsite (we had this happen at King's Canyon) - be sure to keep all of your food properly stored!
camel farm on the side of the Sturt Highway
On this trip, we saw:
Billy goats x too many to count
Kanagroos x 14
Eagles x 20
Fox x 1
Emus x 46
Large lizard x 2
Small lizard x 1 **hahaha sorry my reptile knowledge is limited
Horses x 8
Cows x 36
Rock wallaby x 3
Desert skink x 1
Buzzard x 1
Mountain goats x 4
Rabbit x 1
And that's it!
be prepared for flies - SO many flies!
This little series is going to take a hiatus until after our Tassie trip in June, mostly because I have run out of useful things to say for now haha.
Our next trip is totally opposite from our last trip. We have gone from 'do we have enough sunscreen, and hats and are we sure our electronic things won't overheat' to 'we should buy some extra thermals, and do we need snowchains'. So that should be interesting!
I will relay that adventure in July when we are back, as well as covering safety, fuel and animals for it too!
Until then, I will still be regularly uploading my meal prepping blogs :)
Hx
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