Hydromys chrysogaster

13 Rakali or Water Rat at Macgregor, ACT

Hydromys chrysogaster at Macgregor, ACT - suppressed
Hydromys chrysogaster at Macgregor, ACT - suppressed
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Hydromys chrysogaster 1 Sep 2025 DonFletcher
Hydromys chrysogaster 1 Sep 2025 CarbonAI
Hydromys chrysogaster 1 Sep 2025 Caric

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Spotted in Macgregor some distance from Ginninderra Creek where they are sometimes seen. Called ACT Wildlife who agreed it was unusual to find them that far from the creek but no need to 'rescue' it or return it to the creek. Sure enough it eventually slipped into a storm water drain and presumably travelled underground to an outlet by the creek.

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HelenCross wrote:
   1 Sep 2025
Interesting they're using the stormwater drains
WendyEM wrote:
   3 Sep 2025
Drains are great habitat (assuming not too polluted). My brothers used to fish on banks of Barwon R., Geelong, Vic for carp and would hear happy munching noises behind them as the catch was utilised. They took me there and after dark the Rakali would appear out of stormwater pipes and swim by. In Melbourne on inner urban Merri Ck they were regularly seen swimming.

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