Goanna

[Mad Aussie]

This Lace Monitor was close to 2 metres in length. They are also commonly called Goanna's and are seen regularly in our eucalypt forests.
Although they can deliver a nasty bite you'd have to try to handle one to get bitten. At the first sight of you they head for the nearest tree.

[Iguanasan]

Very cool find and the look he's giving you....Boy he looks annoyed!

[Hillbillygirl]

That is really cool. Love that second shot MA.

[Andrew]

It looks like it could move pretty fast when it wants to. Nice close shot on #2. It's hard to tell the size. Next time it would help if you also climbed the tree right beside it so we could get a sense of perspective.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks IG, HBG and Andrew.

If I wanted some lacerations and an nasty infection Andrew I'd ride my bike through a barbed wire fence

[edG]

Glad I don't climb trees - very cool capture MA

[Mad Aussie]

Glad I don't climb trees - very cool capture MA

Do you walk on the ground? Because that's where they are mostly

[Matt K.]

Nice captures. 2 meter, you say? Wow, I'd stay away fer shore. I bet they are not the slowest things on the ground, either .... I am so glad you are sharing all these goodies with us, MA, cause chances are I'll never get to Australia. Mind you, seeing this stuff makes me wonder if I should go: crocks, gators, bugs, spiders, snakes and other nasty and possibly poisonous critters ... hmmm .... you find them and continue to show them to us .. works for me

[QuietOne]

That first one reminds me of the Halloween decoration of the witch that flew into the tree! Cool creature.

[JAS_Photo]

Very cool looking fellow! Glad they run away! The more wildlife stays away from man, the better it is for them. Great shots, M.A.