Lorikeets

Wednesday, 20 June 2012


Another beautiful day with a maximum temperature of about 22 degrees, but the mornings and evenings continue to be rather chilly.

This morning was a good opportunity to catch up on the necessary chores such as laundry and car washing before heading into Emerald. How this town has grown since we were last here in 2008! New subdivisions and a large new shopping complex, complete with BigW and Woolworths. This was a good chance to stock up the larder – again! – and made the very happy discovery that bananas were only $1.00 per kilogram.

What started out as a pleasant hour sitting in the sun and eating lunch at the caravan quickly became a battle ground! No sooner had we sat down than the apostle birds arrived (I probably shouldn’t have given then some bread crusts), then the word quickly spread to the lorikeets. These birds hunt in packs! While two or three act cute, sit on arms and eat out of one’s hand, others will attack the unprotected sandwiches and have a lovely time before being notices. I never did find the top layer of bread!!!

A fairly relaxing day, despite another walk around a little bit of the lake.