Little Bandicoot!

This morning as l  was out in the paddock picking up my enormous mounds of horse poo,l came across this little fellow! l initially thought he was another poo pile and headed towards him with my wheelbarrow! All of a sudden he hopped off a few feet to resume eating. Your initial thoughts when you see a nocturnal animal out in the daylight is that they are sick or injured. This might be the case with this one but it seemed healthy and chirpy enough and so busily eating with his long nose buried into the grass and leaves he had no idea l was there! l went back to the house to get a pet carrier to put him in during the daylight hours and my plan was to release him back outside tonight, but he hopped off across the drive and disappeared into the long grass. l then figured he was probably safe enough away from the Wedge Tails hidden amongst all the bracken. Very sweet!

 This is how close he was happily munching away! No fear at all!

And a cold cold night tonight for all us Hobartians (hey Tom!) but with two fires going and lots of candles we are oh so snug down here!