CAUGHT ON THE HOP
Rock stars
Mareeba rock-wallabies pause among the boulders of Granite Gorge Nature Park, northern Queensland. Weighing under 5kg, this is one of the smallest of about 50 marsupial species of the macropod (‘big foot’) family in Australia, including four species of kangaroo, plus wallabies, wallaroos and pademelons.
Night vision
Most marsupials – including this eastern grey kangaroo, photographed under a full moon in Murramarang National Park, New South Wales – are largely nocturnal or crepuscular, resting in shade during the day.
