OMG! My goal was to see a bilby. This was the reason I drove for over two hours inland after I seperated from my friends. At Barna Mia Reserve in the Dryandra Woodland, I booked a night tour hoping to see a bilby and I did! Very happy. Larger than I expected, large cat-sized. Very cute with large ears and a fluffy tuft on their tail, moving a bit like a rabbit.
Woylies are small kangaroo-like marsupials. One bold little chap went straight to the source, jumping into the food bucket.
Due to remote location, I stayed in a bush camp-site nearby and went walking in the morning. Wildflowers dotted the open mallet forest.
After lunch I drove for a couple of hours to Collie. I am heading south through the inland of south-west WA. I rode a two hour loop of their local mountain bike trails. The trail was old-school, narrow, hand-built technical, quite fun. Noone there, except the local mob who I surprised. The kangaroos are darker coloured than the forester kangaroos in Tasmania.
I free camped by the Collie River. Peaceful location but there was a constant droning noise all night.
The next morning, I saw the source of the noise. They mine coal around Collie.
Can you see tiny Sally behind the giant machine, set up at the mine lookout for tourists to see?
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