Echidna

found near the road.  Usually they are hard to photograph as the stick their head between their front legs.

Black-Fronted Plover, photo Donna Upton

This bird had laid 3 eggs at the side of a dirt road in the Capertee Valley.  Concerned residents placed a road barrier around the nest in the hope that this would give the bird half a chance to hatch the eggs.

Reflections, Capertee River