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7 Mar 2025

Since 1 Jan 2025, NatureMapr 44% of all sightings uploaded were NSW based, while 43% were from the ACT.The remaining 13% were from other states, with VIC coming in third at 5%.Strictly speaking, 67% o...

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Discussion

JRCNM wrote:

2 hrs ago

That's all a remarkable story! There being no EGKangaroos in the Canberra area until 'recently' is a pretty astonishing fact that I doubt most people know. I assumed they were always present. It's interesting how this should/could play in the arguments for and against culling in the ACT.

Wallabia bicolor

DonFletcher wrote:

5 hrs ago

Hi @RobParnell, yes Wallaroos have been seen on Mugga for many years but there is only one recorded in Nature Mapper.

The context is that neither Wallaroos nor EGKs were present on the Limestone Plains until well after WW2. The initial spread was by EGKs only, eg the first EGKS were on Mt Taylor in 1975/6. Wallaroos arrived and spread later eg reaching Mt Taylor at least three decades after EGKs. Wallaroos successfully invaded even areas with high densities of EGKS. One of the Red Hill records is from a group of four 1990s roadkills along Hindmarsh Drive, but most others are after 2010. Interestingly, roadkills reveal Wallaroo movements well before sightings of live animals - decades before in the case of Black Mt. They are still spreading I expect. Likewise Black (Swamp) Wallabies but less dramatic story as they had never completely disappeared from the Canberra area, as far as I know. Red-Necked Wallabies are another remarkable story, undergoing a big resurgence at present, and now much more widely distributed than in the 1990s.

Wallabia bicolor

RobParnell wrote:

6 hrs ago

I've seen a pair of Wallaroos on the eastern slope of Mugga Mugga.
And I thought I saw one up above Richardson St in Red Hill NR. Its a rocky densely treed area and I've kept a look out there with no success.

Wallabia bicolor

Darcy wrote:

Yesterday

G'day @Frecko you need to fix the GPS location of this sighting.

Wallabia bicolor

JRCNM wrote:

13 Mar 2025

Thanks for the info Don, I forgot to ask it if it was staying or not. But yes, it will be interesting to see if they move in. I was very surprised, partly because it's so close to inner urban area, but as you point out and on checking the map, there's quite a few of them to be found to the west, inside Canberra.

Wallabia bicolor