Grasshopper Grunge

Wildlife Encounters

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April 20th 2010
A couple of days ago we tiredly climbed down from the motorhome to go into a roadhouse at Kimba for a soft drink. Barry heard a loud voice calling, "Hello, hello!". He went looking and found a large white cockatiel in a large pen. It's ability to talk is amazing. Soon it was saying,"Hello, puppy!" and, when we walked away it threw a bit of a temper tantrum. The lady in the roadhouse told us t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more