Backyard Visitors

Backyard Visitors

I wanted to share my excitement of some new creatures I found in the backyard. All that hard work of hours on end of getting rid of weeds like ivy, blackberries and many weeds I don’t know the names of, and all the planting back of natives...

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Chickens Purr

One of the things that has delighted me the most since having chickens is to discover that they purr. I didn’t know that until a few years ago. “Happy” our beloved super hero chook that has survived attacks from a fox and dog...

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Aboriginal Matching Game / Memory

I made a double sided card that acts as the ‘dictionary’, including the symbols and the word for what they represent.   Aboriginal Symbol cue card Aboriginal Symbols: tracks Using river pebbles I used a paint texta to draw each symbol...

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Kookaburra

This is our latest friend who has been visiting us in our backyard over the last few weeks. She has been very inquisitive watching us garden and play in the yard. Kookaburras are well known for their laugh, but often they can be in the trees...

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Praying Mantis

I wondered whether my sweeping had disturbed this praying mantis as he was near the stairs at the back of the house, and not safely in a bush. He was still camoflagued well. Usually the praying mantises in our garden are green so I took some time...

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