Great Walks

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

IT’S the freeze that gives it away. Although in another few steps I would have seen it anyway. The echidna, right on the edge of the track. It’s almost comedic – one forepaw raised; an eye rolled toward me. A spikey outline against the dust. Unmistakable.

I freeze too,

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