Not sure if this is really the forum for it, but yesterday I went to Daisy Hill forest south of Brisbane. I hadn't been in a while for some reason,and I thought I would check out what the water situation was like there. I did my usual route, and found that almost all of the waterholes in that area had dried up, except for one which had gone from being a large one to being a small one. Since it was a favoured watering hole for Kookaburras and kingfishers in the past, I thought I would just sit down, and wait and see who came along.
I was pleasantly surprised when not long after a tiny(ish) wallaby hopped up and stood on the bank a few metres away watching me. I soon realised that she had a joey in her pouch. I sat and waited, and she looked me up and down before coming down to the edge of the water, still looking around quite nervously. Then she started drinking from the water hole.
I was able to progressively get a bit closer to her, but she didn't mind. 
I didn't see many birds around, but sharing a magic moment was just wonderful.
She seemed to have some kind of skin condition/irritation on her forepaws.
A truly magical moment, thanks for sharing that with us!
Happy Birding!
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Love your work, windshear.
Is that the Melaleuca wetland area to the south west of the main ring road near the koala centre?
Or is that along the creek that runs out near Underwood Rd side?
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
It's near the melaleuca swamp.. kind of. I usually go in off the Dennis Road entrance, and wander through the bush on either side of the track there. There were quite a few little creek/pools there previously, but now there's only the one that I could find.
I did wander around to the track / board walk further around the ringroad on that same side, and it was pretty dry there as well, although I still got devoured by midgies.
Lovely photos windshear, they both look very relaxed.
Thanks for sharing.
For anyone who doesn't know, I believe it's an Agile Wallaby.
I'm not an expert, but I'd be more inclined to say it was a red necked wallaby. I think it's a bit far south for the Agile. Could be wrong though.
Yes sorry I should've paid more attention to the distribution. I have no experience of south-east Qld so I had no idea Red-necked Wallabies could get so light in colour. Down here in the Blue Mountains they are very dark and more noticeable red. After more research I think REd-neck sounds much closer.
The white-stripe along the jaw is a distinguishing factor (more noticeable in joey).
No biggy. :)
The ones I've seen at Daisy Hill seem to be more grey than red, although they have a kind of faint wash.