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Bigger than a Komodo Dragon – South Perth’s “big lizard” weighs 9 tonnes…

…and it’s “companion animal” is a 5.6 tonne numbat!

Together, they make one hell of an “entry statement” – or “exit statement” – for those who travel by ferry to and/or from the South Perth foreshore.

Not coincidentally, South Perth’s major attraction is Perth Zoo, which is within easy walking distance of the ferry station.

The frilled-neck lizard faces across the water to Perth’s CBD.

The numbat looks toward the zoo.

Since 2019 they have provided visual interest – and additional shade and shelter – in a formerly stark precinct.

Click here to see the numbat, and learn more about its construction.

Click this for more about the lizard.

The South Perth foreshore is now almost a “zoo” in its own right; it is also has several life-sized metal meerkats, and a suitably-huge rhino.

Sudan the rhino is an absolute hoot – a splendid example of “agricultural machinery, imaginatively recycled”, as you can see in an earlier post

(photo ©️ Doug Spencer, taken at 12.16 pm on 01 July 2024, when the sun was in the right place for photographing the lizard’s face, but dead-wrong for the numbat)

The first afternoon of July ‘24 offered a deal of interesting and unpredictable winter light…as the next post will illustrate.

 

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