It's a Shingleback Lizard, (Teliqua rugosa) also often called a Blue Tongue Lizard. They eat flower buds and snails, and are known to form long term bonds with their mates, like some other reptiles.
Cool days with lots of sunshine provide perfect conditions for these lizards to be found sunning themselves on roads and tracks in or near the bush, so keep an eye out when you are on the road!
Interestingly, these reptiles give birth to live young, unlike most other reptiles. Up to three young can be born from a single female!
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