I've never been one for cities much. Not to live in. I tend to want something closer to the wild. Born on a farm; teenage years spent in a suburban area that had natural bush and a swamp close by (mostly tidied up now, less so then); even when we were in Vienna, we could walk into the Vienna Woods (and did, often).
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| A mealy bug destroyer!...yeah, that white thing. It's the teenager of a ladybug sp... |
Our present house started off with forest and swamps close by, but now is pure suburbia, and not very attractive at that. So when it comes to buying a place for our retirement...we both prefer something less noisy and busy. (You know, somewhere where we are not blasted with the ugliness of loudspeakers for up to 3 hours a day, seven days a week, starting with a half hour session at 5.15 a.m. every day!) It looks like we are going to settle for a place next to a nature reserve on an estuary, with the wildness of an open sea a mere 2 kms away.
The following are just photos snapped by my husband with a digital camera, no fancy lenses, during our week in Western Australia in search of a place for retirement.
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| An oxidation pond with wood duck and a White Ibis |
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| Wood duck strolling through a park |
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| Crested Pigeon |
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| Pied Oystercatcher |
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| Birdwatching while househunting |
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| Above & the 3 below: Len Howard Conservation Area -- bordering where we want to live |
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| If you look close, you'll see preening comorants |
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| Coot with chick |
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| Wing drying... |
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| Nankeen Night Heron |
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| This is W.A.'s avian villain - The Silver Gull, denizen of rubbish bins/dumps, and expert thief |
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| It must have been ladybird season -- saw at least 4 distinct species on this trip |
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| Motorcycle frogs in my sister's frog pond -- and yes, they sound like motocycles |
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| Locked out? There's always a way under the gate... |
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| Peewit, Mudlark, Magpie-lark, Peewee. Whatever. |
3 comments:
Looks like you should be very happy there with all the wildlife. Being away from the muezzin would be great I think.
It's not actually the muezzin who's the problem. I've no beef with the call to prayer. It's the other stuff they think we want to hear, day in, day out --sermons, recorded qu'ran readings, etc. The really sad thing is that no one has the guts to say anything to criticize for fear they'll be branded anti-Islam or kaffir or something. All I actually am is anti-noise pollution, especially in my own home.
Oh, I hadn't realise that was the problem. Well you sure won't get that in Oz.
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