"WHAT'S an echidna have to do to get a drink around here?"
"At least they could build some steps to make it easier to get to the top of this trough."
Chris Head from Whiteheads Creek snapped this picture (above) of a determined echidna helping himself to a drink from Chris's stock trough.
No doubt man-made water supplies have made the long, hot, dry summer a little bit easier to bear for the wildlife.
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