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Largest turtle I've seen in a while, about 12" (30cm) long.

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I was curious about the turtle we encountered, so I did some digging. I thought it might be a Painted Turtle, but it appears to be an Eastern River Cooter. This one is big, but they actually get about 25% bigger.
 
Monitor lizard at Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary.

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This is by far the biggest Australian native monitor lizard I have ever seen. It was about 2m from nose tip to hindquarters! They are usually about 2m long, including the tail.
 
The Werribee Open Range zoo is for exotic creatures. What were these two doing there? The lizard is a blue tongue, and the snake is almost certainly a tiger snake.

Tiger snakes are one of the most venomous snakes on the planet, but have solid teeth (not fangs) and spray venom on the macerated victim from glands at the back of the throat. There is an antivenene, but it's made using horse protein, and I'm allergic to horses.

This pair were within a couple of feet of the edge of the tourist walking path.

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