For any non-Aussie reading this, I’d like to confuse & inform you that we affectionately call this lizard a ‘Bluey’.
They’re pretty iconic and different species of Bluey live in many parts of Australia. This article is from South Australia but the general information applies to all blueys. I used to have one in my backyard when I lived in Sydney. It got used to seeing me walking around and was happy just to relax on a rock. Where I live now I’ve got bearded dragons and I’ll do a post on them sometime soon.
To make matters more baffling we have blue heeler cattle herding dogs (which is the breed that cartoon Bluey and her family are), and we also call hard-working rural people blue heelers and have called an Aussie police drama "Blue Heelers’