Sculptures at the Skywalk, Kalbarri, Western Australia
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382440)
Rockingham, Australia
October 26, 2020 7:10am CST
Dotted at various points near the skywalk in Kalbarri, Western Australia, were more sculptures of Australian wildlife. We saw similar but much larger ones in Tom Price. I’ve already written about them in https://www.mylot.com/post/3408197/sculptures-at-tom-price-western-australia.
Down the left-hand side is a kestrel (I think), then a chuditch or quoll and a mountain devil. The western quoll is Western Australia's largest endemic carnivore. Even so, it’s not very big. We have them in the bush behind our property but you rarely see them.
I’ve written about the mountain devil here: https://www.mylot.com/post/2995523/the-things-you-come-across-on-holiday. They are cute little creatures although they look quite fierce.
Top right is an emu and chicks and below that, a black-flanked wallaby. These wallabies live in the gorge but are classed as vulnerable. There have been efforts to curb the natural increase of feral goats and this has helped the wallabies to slowly increase in numbers.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
27 Oct 20
're these the most common creatures one'd see there? amazin' sculptures, so life-like. 're they all from the same artist? wonderful the wallabies're makin' a bit 'f a comeback.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
27 Oct 20
@JudyEv one'f those sit'n be very, very still hours long sessions, eh? ugh, i so need to come fer a visit to yer beautiful country!
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@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Oct 20
@crazyhorseladycx As we were driving out of the park, we saw an emu disappearing into the scrub just ahead of us but when we got to the spot, it had completely vanished.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
26 Oct 20
Its so cool to see different types of animals from different parts of the world. I have a friend in Australia and he sends me videos and pics of the ones in his yard. There are always so many Kangaroos and wallabies there, and the birds are so beautiful.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
28 Oct 20
@JudyEv Wow, thats a big piece of land, do you feed them? He and his mom fed them and have water areas for them, they are right in their living area. He even got a pic of one of the little wallabies standing on his porch in his doorway, it was so cute.
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@rsa101 (41005)
• Philippines
27 Oct 20
I always get confused when looking at them they looked like real at first glance. Anyways thanks for this wonderful travel of yours that you share with us and all of its information and history we all are really amazed and feel that we are there somehow.
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@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
26 Oct 20
Great sculptures. Do you see emus running wild?
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@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
27 Oct 20
@JudyEv Cool! Sorry one ran into the car.
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@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Oct 20
@LindaOHio We haven't taken it to the garage yet but it will be expensive. They don't really do patch-up jobs anymore. It will probably mean a whole new panel.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54730)
• United States
26 Oct 20
Those are some really cool sculptures.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
26 Oct 20
these are truly amazing - they look lifelike!
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@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Oct 20
I thought so too. You have to admire the skill and craftsmanship that goes into making them.
@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
26 Oct 20
That must have been a great experience for you
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