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Old Sep 16th 2008 | 10:45 pm
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Less than 12ft from our back door!!!

Thought when we moved to suburbia we wouldn't see them again, so close, but this was closer than ever!!! Magical

Anyone else had one in the back garden? C x

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Old Sep 16th 2008 | 11:12 pm
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how cool! i look forward to this kind of thing when we move to Oz!
 
Old Sep 16th 2008 | 11:17 pm
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Default Re: Koala just been in our tree!!!!!

Originally Posted by shiels
Less than 12ft from our back door!!!

Thought when we moved to suburbia we wouldn't see them again, so close, but this was closer than ever!!! Magical

Anyone else had one in the back garden? C x

Yes! we see them in next door neighbours trees, (we only have palms), and also bushland on way to school. We also get kangaroos on school oval, and I'm very wary of driving at dusk because they roam across the roads where we live.

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Default Re: Koala just been in our tree!!!!!

Originally Posted by shiels
Less than 12ft from our back door!!!

Thought when we moved to suburbia we wouldn't see them again, so close, but this was closer than ever!!! Magical

Anyone else had one in the back garden? C x
Talking of wildlife, I've just had next door's dog shitting in my backyard!
 
Old Sep 17th 2008 | 12:22 am
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Originally Posted by spartacus
Talking of wildlife, I've just had next door's dog shitting in my backyard!

You know, I've thought, in the past, that you were 'quite' funny.

But, now, I'm thinking now that you just have to feel that you have to take the icing off of everyone's cake.

Why not let those of us who are happy to be here just be happy to be here?

What a very sad person you are......

my condolences....................................
 
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Default Re: Koala just been in our tree!!!!!

Originally Posted by shiels
Less than 12ft from our back door!!!

Thought when we moved to suburbia we wouldn't see them again, so close, but this was closer than ever!!! Magical

Anyone else had one in the back garden? C x
C ... do i have to get my bear out again ?
 
Old Sep 17th 2008 | 12:36 am
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Default Re: Koala just been in our tree!!!!!

Originally Posted by shiels
Less than 12ft from our back door!!!

Thought when we moved to suburbia we wouldn't see them again, so close, but this was closer than ever!!! Magical

Anyone else had one in the back garden? C x
lucky you I would love to see them like that but I can watch whales from my living room window
 
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Originally Posted by shiels
Less than 12ft from our back door!!!

Thought when we moved to suburbia we wouldn't see them again, so close, but this was closer than ever!!! Magical

Anyone else had one in the back garden? C x
Yeah, we get them quite regularly in our back garden. They're fun to watch, but their mating grunts in the morning are quite annoying.

Here's a piccie.

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Default Re: Koala just been in our tree!!!!!

Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Yeah, we get them quite regularly in our back garden. They're fun to watch, but their mating grunts in the morning are quite annoying.
Here's a piccie.

JTL
Bit like my OH!

Cool pic JTL Can't wait to be seeing these things in real life
 
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I just love koalas
 
Old Sep 17th 2008 | 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by spartacus
Talking of wildlife, I've just had next door's dog shitting in my backyard!
Theres always one is'nt there.....................

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C ... do i have to get my bear out again ?

OOOHHHHH please do x C x
 
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Default Re: Koala just been in our tree!!!!!

Originally Posted by shiels
Less than 12ft from our back door!!!

Thought when we moved to suburbia we wouldn't see them again, so close, but this was closer than ever!!! Magical

Anyone else had one in the back garden? C x

On the ride home from school yesterday we always see kangaroos grazing, there is one male, at least 7 foot tall when he stands, yesterday another one the same size was there and they started to fight, boxing, then they jump up and kick each other in what looks like the nuts It was totally amazing were about 10 metres from where they graze, you have to hope they never jump the barbed wire fence (horse property) and go after us

Day before walking dogs on the beach at point cartwright, we saw a shark fin
gliding the gutter about 7 m out.
 
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We were in downtown Cleveland the other day and there was a Koala sleeping in a tree right outside the doctor's surgery - this was on a busy built up street! I was amazed they venture so far into suburbia! Very brave but very, very cute. It was the first time we've seen a wild one.
 
Old Sep 17th 2008 | 3:30 pm
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that's the only downside of being in WA... no koalas

we do get plenty of roos though, and they come into our garden although i've not seen them myself yet. we also have a possom that comes and eats fruit every night.
 
Old Sep 17th 2008 | 6:24 pm
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Default Re: Koala just been in our tree!!!!!

Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Yeah, we get them quite regularly in our back garden. They're fun to watch, but their mating grunts in the morning are quite annoying.

Here's a piccie.

JTL
we're lucky too, we get them quite frequently in the backyard, but i agree on the annoying mating grunts - for weeks i thought one of our neighbours owned pigs !! they sounded like pigs squealing !!!!!!
 


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