1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2WtrNxEvR7"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/australian-accounts-2/">Australian Accounts – 2</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/australian-accounts-2/embed/#?secret=2WtrNxEvR7" width="600" height="338" title="“Australian Accounts – 2” — PoohsDen" data-secret="2WtrNxEvR7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Continuing on with my rambling, I was talking about the hearing to the local news on the radio as I drove along and the news has interesting traffic updates like – watch out for koalas. Yes they exist and I have invaded their world. I have not seen one in the wild though. I think I am far too north for koalas. What about kangaroos hopping by you ask? Unfortunately I have seen more kangaroos and wallabies dead on the sides of the roads than hopping by as I drive. The Australian roads are death traps. They are gruesome. I have seen countless kangaroos/wallabies and birds dead. I guess it is pretty common but the animals that lie dead are the ones I consider exotic. The place is teaming with exotic birds. Sulphur-crested cockatoos, galahs (the pink-breasted cockatoos), ibis, egrets, rainbow lorikeets, kookaburras are my neighbors. They wake me up with their screeches. They fly around and I gape at them still (especially the cockatoos – they look beautiful when they spread out their wings). I still wonder if I live in an exotic zoo. Butterflies flutter past my windshield as I drive. It is enough to make me lose […]https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_1013.jpg1024996