Kanga-quake
I developed hand tremors a few years ago and can no longer handhold a 35mm camera, but I figured Australia is a bright and sunny place so maybe I can shoot fast enough. I was there 10 days. It rained 9. (To be honest I had an image in my head of Australia as a big desert like place with lots of Hugh Jackmans around fixing fences in a manly way with herds (herds?) of kangaroo bouncing across the pampas. Yes, I thought maybe Australia had pampas. Actually I do not know what a pampa is. Anyway…) I shot the kangas in their pen at this brilliant animal preserve but even though they held still my hands didn’t. So this is my kanga-quake picture. A fine representation of what big marsupials will look like in an earthquake. A little earthquake.
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shanghaiwu
you may smile in amusement….I cannot see the image and will check again tomorrow
but LOVE it
love your words
shanghaiwu
Oh yes/now it is showing/wonderful that you had time to photograph this rather amazing creature
Heather Hartkamp
The story really makes this image Lauren! Priceless!
laurenrabbit replied
I’m planning a return visit for next year, you’ll have to come to the preserve with me next time. Maybe you can wake up the wombat.
DragonFlyer
It rained 9????? What a miracle!!! You must come back sooner and help fix our drought (even if you do cause little earthquakes for the kangaroos – I’d much rather little earthquakes than all the trees and plants dying from the drought!)
Kallena
Mel Brackstone
I’d be happy to see lots more Hugh Jackmans around :) No pampas here, but we do have millions of these little bounders. Luckily we don’t have too many quakes! Glad to know you had a lovely visit.
Melanie Dooley
OK, so you’re not telling the w h o l e story.
We arrived at Healesville Sanctuary to an empty carpark. Torrential rain = no tourists. We dodge the rain to buy a ticket then set out looking for the wombat enclosure.
There are signs everywhere, but they all lead to dead end paths. ‘Where the feck are the wombats?’ we ask.
Despite traipsing for what seemed like hours looking for the elusive wombat (eventually found warm and snug in his straw bed, while we stood drenched and bedraggled watching him) the sun came out for a brief moment when we reached the kanga pen, at about 4.55pm just before the place closes.
But look at those kangas = they don’t even know we are there!!! They’re looking the other way!!!
We never did cook kanga steaks, did we? Next year, next year…
laurenrabbit replied
“Despite traipsing for what seemed like hours looking”
It didn’t seem like hours, it was hours. :)
laurenrabbit replied
I enjoyed every day I was in Australia, but I think the cold, wet, rainy animal preserve day was the best.
Melanie Dooley
Oh I do agree. Very fun memories. :-)
izzybeth
shaky hands work for you!!!