Shambolic Living

Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree

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Birds are causing a problem in my life at the moment. A baby magpie has discovered how to fly into our house. He's making it a daily activity swooping through the open sliding doors, pooing on the clean washing and departing. Trying to remember to close the doors, but need one open for the dog. Magpie even worked out there was access via this … [Read more...]

Exploring Port Macquarie – Whale Watching Season

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It's time for whale watching again. Every year from May to November the giant humpbacks migrate along the east coast to the warmer waters of the South Pacific to breed. They then journey with their newborns back to the colder climes of the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic. My brother captured these shots from the headland at Tacking Point. The … [Read more...]

Super Moon Snaps

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Manning the openline switchboard on a mid-dawn radio program we had a theory the more colourful of life's characters used to emerge when the moon full. Could the moon influence behaviour? If so, what would a supermoon do? Did you see the supermoon On  May 5th? When the moon is a bit closer to the earth on its orbit and it coincides with a full … [Read more...]

Grey stairs.
Father with two daughters.