Here’s who we found on a visit to Thorp Perrow yesterday. A mother wallaby and her frisky and curious joey. He didn’t get out of the pouch while we were there, but we knew he was skittish, because when he was nowhere to be seen, his mum’s pouch rippled energetically as he rushed around within.
Monday Portrait.
This post is dedicated to Brian of Bushboy’s World, because he has wallabies frollicking around in his back garden. Lucky Brian!
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
How adorable!!
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It really was! And we were so close to them too.
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What a delightful sight! Poor old mum xx
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She seemed happy enough xx
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Cute. I’m not sure I’d want one in my garden though.
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Yes, I guess your Nice British Garden might not cope well!
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Awww!
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Absolutely aaaw! Not a bad way to be brought up, eh?
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Mebbe!
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How lovely! Will there be a return visit? When you might get to see young Joey frolicking about in the big wide world and giving his mum’s pouch a break?
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Well, I had a season ticket which is just running out this week, so I suspect I may be having a longish break. Though the information board there says one of the funnier sights is watching a joey who is frankly now far too big for the pouch trying to wrestle his or her way back in!
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Oh my, yes I can imagine! 😄
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Superb
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A sight to remember, for sure.
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How sweet! We enjoyed Thorp Perrow, including the wallabies, but didn’t get any sight as cute as this one 😀
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I’ve been to Thorp Perrow often over the years, but this was a first for me. 🦘
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That one looks around the same age as the Joey here.
Thanks for the shout out Margaret 😀
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You’re welcome. You inspired the post!
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I hope the wallabies are happy over there
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I think they are. They know nothing else, but they aren’t behaving as if unhappy.
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As long as they have lots of space to hop around is the main thing I guess
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How lovely! That cute little face poking out.
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Irresistible, isn’t it?
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It sure is!
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Wonderful captures!
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They were very obliging!
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Such beautiful creatures.
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They are. And your close companions pretty often, I imagine?
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Oh yes!
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The joey’s adorable. I clicked on the link and enjoyed learning a little about the Thorp Perrow Arboretum.
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It’s not a bad place to have a mere 6 miles up the road. Thanks for clicking and finding out more!
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Some wallabies a long way from home. We don’t have them around, I don’t think, but we do have a lot of kangaroos. Great captures Margaret, that place looks incredible.
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As an arboretum, Thorp Perrow is lovely. Its wildlife park isn’t that amazing – just the wallabies and some meerkats – and a birds of prey centre. You might be interested to know that a while back, there were wallabies roaming wild for many years in a part of England called The Peak District: escapees, presumably. But they’re now thought to be extinct.
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Awwwww….
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Well, quite!
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LOL lucky Brian indeed. They are so adorable (as you’ve perfectly shown!). The photo of the little one is priceless!
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It was ten minutes of my life well spent.
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