Animal Signs Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By TimTamToo on 25-Nov-12. Waypoint GA5075

KOALA Road, Blaxland
This is a street not too far from home, so this morning went for a short drive to take the photo. TFTC

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S41 18.336 E142 07.782 KANGAROO SIGN

I drove past this sign on a drive along East Tamar. Apparently kangaroos don't understand them as they seem to be always on the road getting killed by cars.

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S41 17.171 E147 59.913 SWAN BAY

Swan Bay is on the Tamar River in Northern Tasmania.

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S41 27.816 E147 10.421 OPOSSUM ROAD

Opossum Road runs from Kings Meadows to Norwood in Tasmania.

Both possum and opossum correctly refer to the Virginia opossum frequently seen in North America. In common use, possum is the usual term; in technical or scientific contexts opossum is preferred. Opossum can be pronounced with its first syllable either voiced or silent.

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S41 06.279 E147 01.996 ENDANGERED DEVILS

I drove past this sign between Pipers River and Georgetown Tasmania. It would appear that there are devils in this area.

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S41 23.005 E147 11.358 TEAL CRT

I used to own a house in this area so I know the area well. I will claim Teal Court.

The grey teal is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Australia and New Zealand.

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While visiting Tassie we travelled up to the Great lake and found this sign on the Marlborough HWY

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WE spotted this sign while we were i Yeppoon for a short visit ,no wonder they call it the cassowary coast TFTC

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Hello TimTamToo thanks for the cache.

I was travelling through Dover and spotted this sign of a black swan I didn't see any.

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Driving through Lesmurdie WA, watch out for quenda's

Eagles Piano Bridge What a great name!
We came across this one while caching in the area.
Thanks TimTamToo

Sturgeon St, Condor, ACT.

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I found this one harder than I thought it should have been but there did not seem to be many "animal" signs . However late tonight I found "Merino " street - merino being a breed of sheep.

Back up in Coffs Harbour after my father has had an op he seems to be taking a while to recover from after 10 days in ICU with probably another 5 to go. It was time to return north and take over mother caring duties from my sister who was flying back to New Zealand this morning. Luckily dad seemed a lot better today, so I left mum there with dad for a few hours to run some errands they needed, shopping, and a couple of bonus caches before picking her up for the trip back to Woolgoolga.

I knew Woopi had a Nightingale Street so that seemed to fit for the last day of this particular scavenge, so stopped to grab a photo tonight. Photo of the sign, and me in front of it. Given many streets in Woolgoolga seem to be named after battles this one may be named for Florence Nightingale, who knows. But it's a bird anyway.

"The common nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), also known as rufous nightingale, is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song"

Out for a scavenge. Animal signs. All 3 in our suburb.

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out with dad and lachnic for some animal signs. I picked the Bee.

I'm sure this one has been done, but on an evening out scavenging with the kids, I went with this one.

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Celebrating the wonderful work of the RSPCA in Canberra - And there are wombats nearby, not that they wander up here that much

I couldn't see this one and it's a favourite watering hole for the locals. Clancy's fish pub. Fish. That's an animal right? well its a fish. This is Clancys on Canning Bridge in Applecross, WA

Spotted this horse sign in Yass recently.

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Spotted this animal sign near the bicentennial trail today.

Headed out on an afternoon cache run and stopped in at the suburb of Nicholls, ACT to grab this Kangaroo street sign. TFTC

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This is airside at perth airport as we have lots of bandicoots around the airfield.

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platypus on a sign in Latrobe, town of the platypus. coords in pic

Caution Teddies Crossing sign at Tambo, right near a related shop.

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This sign points the way to Macksville Lions Park. We often stop there and usually see pelicans, never lions. Lions are large ferocious animals which, according to Michael Palin, can be tamed by an accountant if he has the right hat. Pelicans can't. Thanks Tim TamToo

Just outside the information centre in Orbost we found this sign. I was the only goose around but nobody stopped for me to cross the road safely . I like these fun caches, thanks TimTamToo

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Tiger Brennan Drive is named after Harold Tiger Brennan a former mayor of Darwin and longserving northern territory politician. I thought it made a slightly different take on the animal theme. GPS was also my image capture device so couldn't include this in the picture - sorry. Thank you for this locationless completed as part of the summer scavenger series.

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i was doing the web cams when i walked around and found this guy thank you

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Found this with Caughatwork and mummy over the weekend.

Found this horse sign on the Bicentennial Trail in Belconnen.

We chose the home of the South Adelaide Panthers Football Club for our animal sign, which is not that far from where we live.

The South Adelaide Panthers were founded in 1876 and compete in the SANFL, having won 11 premierships.

Thanks TimTamToo.

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Ibis Court, Traralgon, was very nearly a street I inhabited as we made offers on a house here but ended up buying elsewhere after a dilly dallying real estate agent turned us off the property. Ibises are a family of birds with long legs who inhabit wetlands, forests and plains however The Australian white ibis is often spotted around Traralgon itself and is common along the Eastern coast south of Newcastle. Apparently this particular species has actually been culled in Sydney as they can be a little intrusive and quite stinky. TFTC TimTamToo

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Wren...
Origin: Old English wrenna, metathesis variation of earlier werna, a West Germanic word of uncertain origin. Cf. Icelandic rindill, Old High German wrendo, wrendilo "wren." The bird's name in other languages usually denotes "royalty" (cf. Latin regulus), in reference to its golden crest.
American Dictionary: any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.

We live in a koala conservation area. Between the creek and the hills behind is a koala corridor and there are numerous signs in the area advising what to do if you find sick or injured wildlife.

While I don't have any koalas in my backyard (I have the wrong kind of native trees) there is a male close by and you often hear him late at night when he's letting the girls know that *he's here*

Thanks for the locationless.

Found this animal sign not too far from home.

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Got this street sign for the Gang Gang Cockatoo in Katoomba just outside the station.

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whislt on my morning scavenge hunt in the Blue Mountains this morning I came across 'Kingfisher' Cr. Unfortunately I did not see any in the flesh

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This one technically has lots of animal names in it, depending on how great your imagination is. Personally, I didn't see any birds here that I would like to eat, but the street is long!

Found this street not too far from home

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2 wombats in this street. Wombat eats roots and leaves
Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials that are native to Australia.
thanks for the L

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Ibis Way in Moama NSW.

The Ibis is the logo used at Cohuna High School. My year 12 windcheater had the Ibis emblazoned on it with our motto excellamous (let us excel). Well, that was until the following year when it had to be cut off of me when I had a motor bike accident and broke my arm.

The Ibis is a water bird with a long curved bill that is used to probe the mud for its food. They are plentiful in the wetlands around Cohuna and Kerang.

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Lynx Place in Cranbrook.

A lynx is any of the four species within the Lynx genus of medium-sized wild cats, which includes the bobcat. The name "lynx" refers to the luminescence of its reflective eyes.
Lynx have a short tail, characteristic tufts of black hair on the tips of their ears, large, padded paws for walking on snow and long whiskers on the face. Under their neck, they have a ruff which has black bars resembling a bow tie.

Popped over to Queanbeyan for a selfie. This was taken outside the Tigers Football Club in Karabar.
I think we all know what a Tiger is and I picked this one only because I am a long suffering Richmond Tigers supporter.
We're from Tigerland........

TFTC.

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Kangaroo Road, Murrumbeena.

A kangaroo is an Australian native marsupial, and is one of the two animals on the Australian coat of arms.

I'm using this as a claim for the Summer Scavenger Series.

My photo was taken with my phone, which I was using as a GPSr at the time, hence no GPSr in the picture.

Thanks for the locationless cache TimTamToo

Found a bird themed estate with many signs to choose from! Here is some info about my sign, the Thornbill.

Australia has twelve species of Thornbill. They can be found all over Australia.Thornbills feed in small family groups and often travel from tree to tree in the search of insects. They can often be heard as they chatter to one another as they feed. Identification can often be tricky with a few species which are similar in appearance.

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Found this one just around the corner
S 038° 23.154', E 144° 55.388

FISH RIVER, CULLERIN, NSW

Such a gorgeous place with the green grassy paddocks and a lovely little river. Logging for the Summer Scavenger Hunt find.

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Seal rock.
Surprisingly a lack of animal signs round these parts but I managed to find one after promising to leave buhfuhguhs home street to him

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SNAKES!

Pretty common around the place, this sign is in Appin, NSW.

I was so busy getting Seeka to help that I didn't notice the ants until they started biting!

Using this cache for the scavenger summer series.

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LAMBS
Wondering what animal could still be unlogged for this cache when we found Lambs Avenue in Armidale NSW. With Armidale being in a super fine wool growing area there's no surprises there was a Merino Terrace as well. Lambs, where would the old 'Australia that rode on the sheep's back' be without them.
TFTC TimTamToo

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I found this park Swan Lake while I was on my way to another cache nearby, where I managed to get FTF, so I took a photo of the sign.

A very nice little park which has a swan statue in the middle of the lake. Thanks for the locationless cache TimTamToo!

Grabbed this one for the Summer Scavenger Series on the way home from a local event.
Moray Eel (Muraenidae) is a fish that lives in tropical and sub-tropical waters. They can be found in both deep and shallow water and often live a the rock crevices.

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Out on a scavenger hunt today and snapped this one. Hit the jackpot - 3 birds on 1 street sign - Bluebird, Fantail and Lorikeet.
Fantails are small insectivorous birds of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent belonging to the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae

Leopard Crt is located on the Northern Sie of Kingaroy Qld in the South Burnett region.
Extract from Wikipedia.
The leopard is one of the five "big cats" in the genus Panthera. It is a member of the family Felidae with a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia.
Scientific name: Panthera pardus
Conservation status: Near Threatened (Population decreasing) Encyclopedia of Life
Speed: 58 km/h (Running)
Height: 45 – 80 cm (Adult, At Shoulder)
Lifespan: 12 – 17 years
Mass: Male: 31 kg (South Africa's coastal mountains population), Female: 23 – 27 kg (Somalia population)
TFTL TIMTAMTOO

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Summer Scavenger series for 2016 a nice local Animal place name Swallow Reach Place.
The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae that are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Swallow is used colloquially in Europe as a synonym for the barn swallow. Swallows have adapted to hunting insects on the wing by developing a slender, streamlined body and long pointed wings, which allow great maneuverability and endurance, as well as frequent periods of gliding.
TFTC

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Summer Scavenger series for 2016 brings me to the city of Brisbane this day and keeping a look out for Animal place name and I could not leave out Kangaroo Point. Best known for the cliffs and very popular for Tourists and Rock Climbers.
So this is my animal the Kangaroo it is a Marsupial from the family Macropods(large feet). Their baby's are called Joeys and stay in the mother's pouch from 190 days to 235. TFTC TimTAMTOO

Pelican Point is on the Swan River W.A.
Pelicans love this spot as the water is quite shallow so they float about and
can easily search the bottom for lunch.
This is another find for the Scavenger Game 2016.
TFTC

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KANGAROO GROUND is about 10 km from my home so it provides lots of choice for animal signs. I could have chosen the General Store, the Presbyterian Church, the Primary School or the Tennis Club, which all have lovely signs, but I decided to journey out to the quiet Kangaroo Ground Cemetery.
Unfortunately when I turned into Cemetery Road I realised that a large funeral was occurring at this quiet little cemetery. The car park (about 40 gravel spaces) was overflowing. I walked back to the main road and took a photo of this decorative sign.
Kangaroos are common around here but today I didn't see any in the paddocks.

I was able to discover this while wandering down Lorikeet Lane, but sadly didn't see any birds

Thanks for this cache TimTamToo

Located this sign while checking on a cache we had placed in the area. Opossums are very cute. TFTL

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Argo Park in South Yarra is home to the No Pooping Animal Sign
A quick walk past this morning with GPS in hand and a quick happy snap to commemorate the animal sign here.
Thanks for listing this locationless geocache which is in use for the Summer Scavenger Series.

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Spotted this sign beside the road as I headed from Jerrabomberra towards Queanbeyan on a mini caching run. A quick stop and snap. Can't say I've encountered any goannas around here, yet! TFTC TimTamToo

When the 2nd Caringbah cub scouts do their "How to read a map" practise, they also get told what the names of the local suburbs mean. So Cronulla is a pink shell (IIRC) and Caringbah is the Pademelon Wallaby. I don't really have a clue on what a Pademelon Wallaby is, how I would recognize it in the wild or how it is different from any other kind of Wallaby, but it's always one of the highpoints of the "How to read a map" evening so I consider it a thing which will save my honour one day. Which is today, when I can score one point for my clan in the Summer Scavenger Hunt!

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Seeka came with me to find Canarys Rd, Roselands. She enjoyed watching the sunset behind the water tower.

Seeka and I had an argument about which sign to log for this cache, so since they are across from each other, I will put both in.

Eagle Point Road near Bakers Beach in northern Tasmania. Didn't see any eagles that day but many black cockatoos.. thanks..!!

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Billy Goat Lane is in Sandy Bay Tasmania. TFTLC

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Was wandering around in the near dark at Nelson Bay Marina and realised that the Dolphin Café would qualify for this cool locationless cache from TimTamToo. This is an absolutely wonderful location on NSW coast. Thanks for the opportunity to feature it with this log.
Cheers
MajuraHathi

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#GA237 - 16:35; Lyrebird Place, NICHOLLS, ACT

I was in the area after a street with the name of some Aussie Fauna. This one had been claimed for that locationless cache , but not for this one . That works for me !

TFTC TimTamToo

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Lots of animals in this area.

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Found this up on the Atherton Tablelands.

The Australian White Ibis, is a wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill and black legs. Wikipedia

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Potoroo Lane at Squeaking Point, NW Tasmania. A potoroo is a small kangaroo rat type creature about the size of a rabbit. It's several species are endangered. TFTL

Eagle Close.

Swallow Street.

PENGUIN DRIVE, Glenorchy TAS

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Antarctica

Not many animal streets in St.Arnaud but I did manage to find this one.

Spotted the name "Grassbird" so took photos while on the way to the cache... Thanks.

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On the way to new cache and spotted "Emu" so took a photo. Thanks.

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The Fantail is a type of bird. Spotted five different kind of birds (Animals Signs)this area...

Thanks. see pics.

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Driving along and saw this sign. Bellbird road. Bellbird is a name given to several kinds of bird, noted for their far-carrying bell-like call.
Neotropical Bellbirds : Crested Bellbirds : New Zealand Bellbird : and the Bell Miner. colloquially known in Australia as the bellbird (Manorina melanophrys)

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Elk Street Nanango QLD. this street is one of the main streets that run East West and would be about two Klm in length. Oddly enough there are no Elk in Nanango but in the forests close by you will come across Deer.

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Eagle Street Nanango Qld. This street is part of an estate that was established in the early 1980's and all streets in the estate have names associated with the game of golf.

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South Australia 2013 with Sol de Lune. With a bit of help I managed a raft of locationless caches on this trip. Lots of fun. 955

Thanks.
Albida

Bonito Ave.

A fish that if caught is generally used as bait for something bigger & better. I have eaten the flesh BBQ'ed & it wasn't too bad, haven't tried it since though. Just down the road was Whiting Street but can't be greedy.

A sign, my hand & my Magellan - a good start. The sign is for Cavalier Pde. A cavalier is a King Charles Spaniel.

"Swan Drive" near Swan Bay just north of Launceston.

Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six or seven species of swan in the genus Cygnus; in addition there is another species known as the Coscoroba Swan, although this species is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, though 'divorce' does sometimes occur, particularly following nesting failure. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight.

Martin Street
Katoomba, NSW

I had just about given up on finding another sign in the Leura or Katoomba area (after Gang Gang) when I suddenly remembered the Pine Martin!

Will upload a picture of this elusive creature, as well as the required GPS shot for the GCA log.

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Wren Place
Hawkesbury Heights, NSW

The 'Superb Fairywren' or 'Blue Wren' is common in the general Sydney area.

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I think Sea Eagle St is a cracker. This is close to Burnie, but when I'm at my partner's place at the other end of the state, we regularly go for a walk and check on the local sea eagles. Last night, one was sitting in the tree and took off as we walked below it - if only I was a better photographer! Thanks for the cache.

Gang Gang Street
Katoomba, NSW

Gee, it proved a bit difficult to find any 'animal signs' anywhere near where I live.

This was really the only one, commemorating our local gang gang cockatoo.

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Found on a great day out with Sol de lune. We went hunting in Palmerston ACT, for the animal street signs. So we found a few, so I used Cockatoo Pl. Nice idea. TFTC!

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Out with Toy Hunters on a cachign day around Canberra and I snapped this one, while Toy Hunters grabbed another very close by.

Mine is Ibis Street...in Palmerston, Canberra.

Thanks for another locationless...

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A street named after a favourite bird of mine. The kekapo is known as the night parrot of New Zealand. It is a ground dweller and is the world's only flightless parrot. It is possibly one of the world's longest living birds.

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There are a lot of streets with bird names in this coastal area in Christchurch.
Herons are a longlegged freshwater and coastal bird. There are 64 species of them.They differ to similar birds when flying as their necks are retracted not outstretched.Some herons nest colonially in trees while others use reedbeds.

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The Darwin suburb of Wulagi has many streets named after birds - here are two of them...

No need to talk about this animal. The park had a lot of them for kids to play on.

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The Kekeno is the New Zealand Fur Seal-the most common seal in New Zealand. They are very good swimmers but get disorientated on land and have turned up in parks, drains and backyards.

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Two for the price of one!

A great number of streets in the suburb of Stirling are named after species of birds

The pied currawong is a type of bird.

This street sign is just nearby.

TFTC