Police have responded to an unexpected call for assistance this morning after a wallaby was spotted crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Police say.
Officers from Harbourside and North Shore local area commands were called to the bridge just before 5am (Tuesday 16 January 2018) after the marsupial was spotted in lane eight on the northern side of the bridge.
Traffic controllers from the Transport Management Centre monitored the wallaby as it hopped across to lane one and, without indicating, exited onto Cahill Expressway then to Macquarie Street.
Officers took the startled macropod into police custody near the Conservatorium of Music, with the Police Mounted Unit arriving on scene soon after to take it to the zoo for veterinary assessment.
It’s thought the wayward wallaby might have made its way to the bridge from a golf course in Cammeray.
