Baby king skinks were the highlight of a visit to Lesmurdie Falls at the beginning of last month. I had headed back to the see if there was any water cascading over the waterfall. To my delight along the concrete pathway that leads to the 50 foot drop off into the valley beneath I noticed the skinks.
King skinks are beautiful lizards, unfortunately I only got a glimpse of mama, as she had a great den under the concrete path. The two little ones were out sunbathing. They live in large family groups, I did wonder how many might have been hiding beneath the path. The Noongar name for them is yulart.
The babies scurried into safety pretty swiftly, it was just wonderful seeing them if only briefly. They are not dangerous to humans and hide rather than have an encounter with people.
Getting back to Lesmurdie Falls which is found in Mundy Regional Park. There's several hiking tracks to explore, I only ambled along the side of Lesmurdie Brook as it wound it's very gently to the edge of the Darling Scarp. The brook wasn't running fast as back at the beginning of May there hadn't been much rain...
