Mulligans Flat

This morning we took a lovely (albeit cold) Sunday walk out to Mulligans Flat, a nature reserve in the North East of Canberra.

Recently, large parts of the vast area have been surrounded by a tall and imposing fence with the intention of removing ferrel animals (mostly foxes and cats) from the site and returning some native animals into the reserve. The reserve is also recognised as one of the best bird watching sites in the ACT.

During our walk we ran into a couple of wardens who gave us an interesting chat. We stopped for a picnic on some felled trees where they are planning on reconstructing an old sheep station (dating way back to the 1950s!)

There's a series of walking routes you can do in the area, but as we had two little kids with us our adventuring was reduced to a 40 minute stroll, but we'll definitely be back when the weather gets warmer.

The highlight of the trip for me (and hopefully Audrey too!) were the large numbers of kangaroos we spotted - at one point there must have been about 30 of them on a large grassy area in front of us. It was lovely to see them. Here are some pics I took - unfortunately the kangaroos were a bit shy, so they're not that big in the photo!....

No, I'm not sure how I got away with carrying the much lighter Eli, while Amy got to carry Audrey either!

The spot where we stopped for our picnic

Kangaroos on the grassland