Goanna!

Yesterday I was out by the trampoline with Littletree when I heard an odd noise coming from the house. Well, I wrote it off as the sound of an avocado falling on the roof, but a minute later, the sound of breaking glass reached me.

I ran up to the house, only to find...

Mr Godzilla climbing all over my kitchen bench!

Naturally, the first thing I did was dive for the camera ;)

It crawled through my crockery shelf, sending cups and bowls flying, then up the side of the bench, knocked the compost bin over, tipped over a vase of fresh basil, and scampered over the kitchen table, knocking over a bowl of water onto my midwifery notes (thank goodness my computer wasn't in it's usual spot on the table).

By then Littletree had come to the door, and was standing in Godzilla's way just as it was preparing to bolt out to the front garden. There was this split second where Littletree and Godzilla were eyeing each other, it was almost like an electric communication passed between them.

Littletree started crying "No, no, no!" and the 1.5M Goanna dashed past her, stepping on her foot on the way out.

Poor girl, she went into shock, and started crying. But it was quite cute. She asked for Rescue Remedy, and kept saying "I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm not hurt, I'm okay." Littletree wanted to talk about the goanna for about half an hour, and insisted that we keep the doors shut from now on.

Then the cheeky bugger went around the back of the house, and came in the back door! At least I was there (still cleaning up the mess from it's first foray) and chased it out.

Today, I heard a scratching at the back door, that sounded just like Littletree's friend Kazan knocking. Only when I went to the door to let her in... it was Mr Godzilla! Seriously, the cheekiest goanna in history!