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Emu 5 days
Orphaned at 5 days old, this little emu huddles in a blanket under an infra red lamp.
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Uploaded on Jun 18, 2008
Emu 2 Weeks
We named him lucky, he was the only survivor when his family was killed.
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Uploaded on Jun 18, 2008
E. Lucky at 14 weeks
8. Face at the window
Lucky liked company and would come and look for us sometimes.
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Uploaded on Jun 18, 2008
7. The emu run 12 weeks
One of his favourite pastimes was to race along with the mower.
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Uploaded on Jun 18, 2008
Bad Hair Day 7 mnths
Typical adolescent, he went through a very untidy patch for a while, and grew his hair far too long.
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Lucky Oct. 05 eye
Now he's growing up and becoming interested in the emus next door, where his family originally came from.
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Uploaded on Jun 18, 2008
Brown-Eye Lucky's mate
Once he is allowed to join them, he quickly find himself a girlfriend, above. We called her Brown eyes.
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Nesting
With nature taking its course it wasn't long before lucky was nesting. In the emu world it is the male that sits on the nest and rears the young.
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wk 12
Lucky with his 12 week old chick named Houdini for the times he escaped their enlcosure an often ran into trouble.
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Uploaded on Jun 18, 2008
Galas at kitchen window
Pink and grey parrots come to the kitchen window for seeds.
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2008
Garden 07 2
Space in our garden. It takes a fair bit of mowing to keep it looking like this!
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2008
Garden 07 1
Bangalo palm flower 3.05
The delicate pink flowers growing from the trunk of the bangalow palm.
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2008
Banana Flower and Fruit 3.05
The dramatic flower on the banana plant. The fruit emerging from the top of the flower is small and called 'ladies-fingers'.
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2008
Autumn Cobweb
Odd corners in my garden, here we have a very large spider's web against the backdrop of virginia creeper.
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2008
