It’s been warm on the South Coast of WA recently and I sent Rochelle out to let the dogs off the chain so they could have a run under the sprinklers and cool off.

She came running back into the house yelling there was a Racehorse Goanna up the wall!

Not really believing her, I grabbed my camera and headed out to have a look! And there it was, up the wall, in the shade, taking a break from hunting!

Goanna’s always race to the highest point they can find if they’re scared and I’m not sure if this fella has been scared up the wall or if he was chasing something to eat (like a mouse) that ran up there.

Anyway, however it happened, I hope it moves on soon. I wouldn’t like our dogs to come across it!

Just look at the way it’s claws hold on… amazing! They could seriously hurt of kill a dog, human or anything if they mistook you for a something safe and ran up you!

Check this beehive out! Anthony and I were quietly minding our own business, blowing the header down in readiness for the next day’s harvest and suddenly we were attacked by these bees!

I got stung three times in the head — thankfully I’m not too allergic and that Anthony didn’t get stung, because he is. Then after they caused Anthony to bunker down in the engine of the header and me to run around like a clown trying to get the offenders out of my hair, they settled on this tree branch and fiercely defended their claim. We have now shifted where we blow the header down!

This racehorse goanna is common site around our district. Amazing creature to watch — they run so fast.

The kids and I came across this one sunbaking on the road. We suggested he find a safer spot since the grain trucks wouldn’t swerve for him!