The little fellow in the picture is the reason for
my 3 hours round trip from Macay to Eungella National Park. A special
animal, bizarre looking and very important in the study of evolutionary
biology. The platypus is a monotreme, a mammal that lays eggs instead of
giving birth to youngs. When I was planning the trip to Australia I decided
that I would really like to see one and some searches on the internet
revealed Eungella to be the best place to spot a platypus. Or, as I read
in the East Coast Australia LP guide "Most days of the year you can be
pretty sure of seeing a platypus or two in the Broken River". Well, in my
case they got that right. After waiting for about 20 minutes I got to see
not one but two of them.
