Petrogale penicillata
2 Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby at Kambah, ACT
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| Petrogale penicillata | DonFletcher | 27 Aug 2025 | |
| Wallabia bicolor | CarbonAI | 27 Aug 2025 | |
| Petrogale penicillata | TimL | 27 Aug 2025 |
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Thanks to Barbara for the initial sighting. Taken from a distance with a telephoto lens to prevent disturbing the Wallaby.
3 comments
27 Aug 2025
Cute. @TimL might it have been located in the big boulder outcrop about half a kilometre further west of the point shown?
28 Aug 2025
@DonFletcher Hi Don. The coordinates are as shown by the camera, allowing for us being on the adjacent path. Looking down at the map, we were walking anticlockwise around the loop path and first saw the wallaby as we were walking north along the path towards the bend, just before it turns towards the west. The wallaby was first sighted sitting on a rock adjacent to a camera trap, just before the bend. It then took off towards the west and we carried on along the path turning west at the bend and within a short distance saw the wallaby again, as seen in these images. There was also a camera trap at this location. If it helps, I can upload an image from the location of the original sighting. Tim
Location information
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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- TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Petrogale penicillata Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 Priority Species NSW Government Priority Species ACT threatened species! Kangaroos & Wallabies Mammals
Species information
- Petrogale penicillata Scientific name
- Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 792.3m Recorded at altitude
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