We left the park and as we were driving along the road past a farm we found a poor female kangaroo whose legs were caught in the electric fence. She had a joey too. It was sad as she was in real distress. Ed managed to use some sticks to separate the wires and free her legs to give her a chance. He did want to put her out of her misery but the kids and I convinced him to free her and see if she could survive. She was exhausted after we had freed her so I hope she made it.
We moved back towards the coast stopping in Wellington.
We had a quick look at a fossil walk before heading out to the Goulburn National Park. The roads were a bit wet and slippery but we made it into the first campsite which we had to ourselves. It was next to the river and there were heaps on kangaroos there when we drove in. We even managed to get a fire going for a short time to cook some marshmallows! You could see all the bush that had been flowing through the river with the recent floods. The rock wall on the other side was beautiful and apparently the park had Aboriginal rock art there - probably higher up in the hills than we ventured.
We went spotlighting after dinner of a little while before Olivia & Thomas had had enough. Charlotte and Ed stayed out a bit longer and Charlotte was so excited to spot a Sugar Glider.
We had a lovely night listening to the sounds of the bush....
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