With international travel locked down for Australia (in and out) for at least this year, possibly longer, we will all be holidaying Down Under. To encourage us to explore our wonderful country, Tourism Australia has a “holiday here this year” campaign underway. I am loving this campaign, particularly the ad below, narrated by a favourite…
Animals
Puppy love
It’s still about 3 weeks until our newest family member is able to come home. But the exciting news is we now have a photo of our beautiful boy, Ludo. I may be biased, but isn’t he gorgeous?!
Ludo is coming
In June last year we said our forever goodbyes to our very loved and loving Biggles. Our hearts will never be the same, but we are ready to welcome a new member into the family, Ludo. Ludo is a Tamaruke and was born just before Christmas, meaning he will be ready to collect in mid-Feb(ish)…
Bin Chickens
Bin chickens is an Aussie slang term given to the much maligned white ibis. The Australian white ibis is actually one of three ibis species that are native to Oz, but their emergence as urban dwellers is a relatively recent phenomenon Bin chickens would normally feed on a wide range of food including yabbies, worms,…
Shaun the sheep (slug)
I know slugs aren’t usually what you think of when you think cute, but have you seen the Shaun the Sheep (or Leaf Sheep) slug? About the size of a grain of rice, this slug (Costasiella kuroshimae) is quite fascinating because it uses photosynthesis, retaining the chloroplasts from the algae they eat in a process…