(21 Mar 2011, Exmouth) Emu's are as common as dirt in this part of Western Australia. It's the far north western corner of the country where we've come to snorkel on the Ningaloo Reef at Cape Range National Park.
Exmouth is outside the park so there was quite a bit of driving back and forth to the various swimming sites. e.g., Torquoise Bay is probably the most famous, there's a "drift snorkel" that's pretty good.
There's many road hazards you need to watch for in the park. Emu's are very big, about 5-6 foot tall and probably as heavy as a person. They're wandering about by the side of the road feasting on the bugs (locusts I assume) which are quite thick given recent rainfalls. You wouldn't want to run into one. Emu's I mean -- of course you run into the bugs!
By the same token you wouldn't want to run into a wild horse, or a kangaroo, or a large lizard (we met a Perentie one morning crossing the road .. it was about 5 feet long!). We're told that the Perentie is the largest lizard in Australia and the second largest in the world. It was the biggest one I've ever seen.
We're told to watch for large pythons and crocodiles in the Kimberley region but haven't met any of those. Nor do we want to.
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