Whilst enjoying the coastal views at Kilcunda we decided to drop over to Philip Island and have a little "drive around". We headed towards Cowes, more precisely the bakery for a hot cross bun and a coffee. Parked the car, enjoyed our hot cross buns and then wandered down the street towards the foreshore. There was a decent crowd wandering in that direction and as we rounded the corner, we could see why. There were cares lined up on both sides of the road, all shiny and chromed. Plenty of spectators with their heads under the uplifted bonnets and lots of chit chat about cars that went completely over my head. I know nothing about what's under the hood, other than to check the water and oil, and I know where the petrol goes and how to change a tire. That's about it. Anyway, a notice on one car windscreen window read: 2013 Nissan Datsun Nationals. So therefore the cars were Datsun's, I suppose. Anyway they all looked good, so we wandered up and down and pretended to know what we were looking at under "the hood", and enjoyed it just the same.
Yes it's Spring again. I know because the local magpies have 2 babies. I know this because I occasionally throw out scraps on my back lawn to supplement their food rations and they are regular visitors. This week they brought me a present.....2 babies. Must be a good season this year to be raising 2 babies instead of 1. Anyway the magpies here in Melbourne are white backed magpies as apposed to the magpies at Tocumwal in N.S.W. which are black backed magpies. Also the birds here in Melb. are larger than their northern cousins, probably all the McDonalds they eat down here! I enjoy listening to their warbling song and can't help but shake my head at the patience and persistence of the adult birds constantly being "harassed" by the chicks for food. They are noisy little critters when they are hungry and very bossy, often pecking at the adult birds for more food. I've named them....squarker 1 and squarker 2, they never seem to stop. Poor parent birds, these chicks a
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