Where we live.

[moonvoice]

Glen and I are driving down the hill.

We can see our house.

And we see a huge male emu grazing by the side of the road, completely unperturbed by suburbia.

And then, as we crawl down the hill so as not to spook it but to encourage it back to the bushland, it runs alongside our car for a while, and then sprints up the huge sandy hill into the bushland, really fast.

Glen said; 'it's a sign.'

And I was like, 'it's an emu!'

Comments

[toeknuckles.livejournal.com]

That's really cool! It's been AGES since I've seen a wild emu.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

We've seen them around, but this is the first time it was literally in sight of our house! Glen and I were like 'oooooooo.'

We know they're in the to be destroyed bushland behind our house, along with foxes, bandicoots, feral cats, kangaroos and so on, but yeah... it was literally on the curb by the road, grazing happily, like 'whatever, I don't care about houses dude!'

[qilora.livejournal.com]

in the "to be destroyed"?!?

mankind make my blood boil.

[jet-ski.livejournal.com]

the price of suburbia I'm afraid

[sheistheweather]

That? Is awesome.

[jet-ski.livejournal.com]

I HATE how emus run alongside cars! I've never hit one, but I always think they are gonna turn in front of me. You can't tell what direction they are going to turn in, either. WOuld love to see Barbie racing one. Hahha.

[faerysprl.livejournal.com]

it's an emu sign...*giggles* it's like sign language? *giggles giggles giggles*

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

And that's awesome!

[bodylove.livejournal.com]

emu! that is awesome!

[bewylderbeast.livejournal.com]

This. Is. Awesome. :)

[shimmerhawk.livejournal.com]

How fun to see a wild emu! Wish I could see one too but I don't think that will be happening anytime soon. :P Are they around very often compared to other animals? I guess I don't know how common it is to see certain Australian species compared to others, but I know you've had several kangaroo photos. For example, seeing a deer here is pretty common, but seeing a moose would be special. Same with a crow vs. a raven.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Emus aren't very common at all compared to kangaroos. Case in point - Glen sees wild kangaroos almost every day driving to work and back again. And we've seen wild emus a grand total of twice.

In fact, I've seen wild western brush wallabies more often than emus. Emus are just less common on the sprawls of suburbia than kangaroos, which really take advantage of it (i.e. eat people's lawns) and proliferate.

[shimmerhawk.livejournal.com]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing. Yeah, kangaroos always seemed similar to deer here that thrive in suburbs or agricultural areas.