If you're having a bad day, watching an echidna frolicking in a bath on a scorching hot Canberra day ought to lift your spirits.

The video was taken by a Gungahlin resident, Jan, who asked not to have her last name included, in a reserve across from her home in January, 2017.

The adorable echidna taking a bath in Gungahlin.

The video has emerged after Jan submitted a still from it to a climate change photo competition now being run by the ACT Government.

(The competition is designed to draw attention to the government's climate change strategy consultation with prizes of up to $1000 on offer. It's seeking examples of climate change in Canberra as well as pictures of people undertaking activities which reduce their impact on the environment. You can enter at https://www.yoursay.act.gov.au/zero-emissions)