Meet the seal causing a stir Down Under - by blocking roads and playing with locals.

The four-year-old - dubbed Neil - has been spotted numerous times in Hobart, Australia in recent weeks.

Traffic worker Jason Howlett, 38, has taken to filming the seal - with whom he's forged something like a relationship.

He said: "He somehow had got onto our site and I'd rock up about midday and he'd just be waiting for us."

One of the more memorable adventures was Neil the Seal's decision to sit himself in the middle of a highway - blocking both sides of the road.