This is the Jardinii subspecies of the agile wallaby, found in coastal tropical Queensland. They are losing habitat to housing development on the outskirts of Cairns, and large mobs now feed on the playing fields in one of the northern suburbs. In this situation wallabies would often be fairly tame, but there is conflict with the locals, so these are really skittish. I got this one coming in my general direction as it was chased by a dog... Lots of rain in the wet season, makes for a nice splash.
1/1000, f5.6, ISO5000, 400mm.
Faster shutter speed would have been better, but it was verging on an unusable ISO in the low light, so about the best with the gear in hand.
Jardinii
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