Countryside Park Characters
There are also 3 hens and a rooster, as well as a bunch of ducks, a rabbit a guinea pig, and an aviary with budgies and cockateils. There were 11 hens a couple of weeks ago, but a fox or something got into the henhouse and overnight we lost 8 hens. It was a very sad time in the park. Now the chooks get locked in at night. Just before the 8 hens disappeared we were starting to get heaps of eggs, now only 1 is laying, but she’s been pretty busy and is doing a fair job of it. You might not be able to tell from the photo, but the rooster looks like he has had a very hard life (well, only him and 11 hens, of course he did!) but the fox incident had a very bad effect on him, and he looks even more stressed now than he did prior to that night. We’re not sure if he was actually in a fight with a fox and managed to get away, or if he was literally scared almost to death! He is starting to recover and his feathers have come back.
There is also George the peacock, but he was camera shy today. George has the run of the caravan park and normally he hangs around Mick and Deb’s dog Maggie, (this is the third dog called Maggie I’ve met over the last few months – maybe I should change my name!) annoying the hell out of her. He also normally spends a lot of time sitting on the railing of one of the permanent holiday van’s verandah, making a hell of a mess. I haven’t seen him for a few days, but if I can get a photo of him I’ll put it on the site later.
One of the human residents of the park (located directly behind our van) has a bird which whistles continuously, but unfortunately it only knows two tunes – Pop goes the weasel, and the theme music from Bridge on the River Kwai. Have you ever had a song get in your head that you can’t get rid of? Well, I now really hate Pop goes the Weasel! Although I still like the music from Bridge on the River Kwai.
Kalaru is a pretty little town and the beach is beautiful.
This is the main part of town. On a sunny Sunday morning the bakery is packed with people sitting in the sun having coffee.
There is a really great restaurant here called Mimosa Rocks, which does great gourmet pizzas. It’s really popular with the locals (even though it’s a bit pricey – gourmet pizzas are around $24 each, with mains roughly $18-$25) and if you don’t make a booking it can be nearly impossible to get in. Well worth checking out if you’re in the area and looking for a good meal.
Well, that’s it for now. Hopefully will catch up with you all when we get back to Melbourne.