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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 315372" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It is beautiful here. On a warm sunny day the sea is beautiful nd calm, dolphines often follow the boat which travels every hour and takes the kids to high school on the mainland. We have road access (although it is a long, windy bush road which sometimes floods). The birds are beautiful and always around. Out in the national park area that we drive through, there is a huge flock of black cockatoos, sometimes in the evenings we can see them in the distance, spiralling up from the trees like black smoke.</p><p></p><p>The lorikeets love to play in water. When it begins to rain, we hear the birds first. They get noisy and excited as the first raindrops fall. The people next door put out bowls of water for the lorikeets and we can hear them splashing about. They're great fun to watch. I might see if I can put some water out for our friendly visiting pair. They need deep bowls, not the usual shallow bird baths. They get right in and under the water, get absolutely soaked. Then fly off, often right past our back door. If I'm just coming out the door I get wet from the spray as they fly past, often with a sudden hysterical screech.</p><p></p><p>The kookaburras make a lot of noise, morning and evening. Across the road form us is a very high house, they love to sit on the ridge pole there, they can see a long way and make their noise to let other kookaburras know that it's THEIR territory. They sometimes bathe in our pond. I don't keep fish there because the kookaburras would get them all. But we do have tadpoles, I suspect that's what bringing the kookaburras in. They eat snakes too.</p><p></p><p>We do have snakes, but although we often see them (and sometimes find dead ones, very venomous) I don't know anyone who's been bitten by a snake in our area. Or by one of our nasty spiders. We have the deadliest spiders in the world, but to my knowledge nobody has died since the early 80s.</p><p></p><p>So yes, it is beautiful. And yes, we also have dangers (including an increase in shark numbers). But despite this, it is still a very safe place.</p><p></p><p>Any time you want to visit, let us know. We'll meet you at the airport.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 315372, member: 1991"] It is beautiful here. On a warm sunny day the sea is beautiful nd calm, dolphines often follow the boat which travels every hour and takes the kids to high school on the mainland. We have road access (although it is a long, windy bush road which sometimes floods). The birds are beautiful and always around. Out in the national park area that we drive through, there is a huge flock of black cockatoos, sometimes in the evenings we can see them in the distance, spiralling up from the trees like black smoke. The lorikeets love to play in water. When it begins to rain, we hear the birds first. They get noisy and excited as the first raindrops fall. The people next door put out bowls of water for the lorikeets and we can hear them splashing about. They're great fun to watch. I might see if I can put some water out for our friendly visiting pair. They need deep bowls, not the usual shallow bird baths. They get right in and under the water, get absolutely soaked. Then fly off, often right past our back door. If I'm just coming out the door I get wet from the spray as they fly past, often with a sudden hysterical screech. The kookaburras make a lot of noise, morning and evening. Across the road form us is a very high house, they love to sit on the ridge pole there, they can see a long way and make their noise to let other kookaburras know that it's THEIR territory. They sometimes bathe in our pond. I don't keep fish there because the kookaburras would get them all. But we do have tadpoles, I suspect that's what bringing the kookaburras in. They eat snakes too. We do have snakes, but although we often see them (and sometimes find dead ones, very venomous) I don't know anyone who's been bitten by a snake in our area. Or by one of our nasty spiders. We have the deadliest spiders in the world, but to my knowledge nobody has died since the early 80s. So yes, it is beautiful. And yes, we also have dangers (including an increase in shark numbers). But despite this, it is still a very safe place. Any time you want to visit, let us know. We'll meet you at the airport. Marg [/QUOTE]
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