The last place on which to dry out and rest after prolonged rain is the rock wallaby pad near the Magnetic Island ferry terminal .
A white Egret , far right , foolishly plonked down near the wallabies and proceeded to soak up the sun . The trouble is wallabies tend to suddenly explode into action for no particular reason and bound all over the place . The somnolent bird got a shock each time this happened. It was like trying to snooze with a family of jumping jacks . To escape , the bird kept on moving to a new location , but the wallabies followed , ricocheting in various directions . Finally , the bird gave a screech of frustration , flew away ... possibly to Siberia for some peace and quiet .
