I've had a few wildlife firsts out at Dandenong now. This adorable echidna was very casually digging and sniffing around for afternoon tea at the end of the hiking track just a few hundred meters from the car park. They were reasonably unbothered by my presence, though after a while I was no longer welcome when they decided to ball up.

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Dandenong, Victoria, Australia.