Sins, we couldn't believe it either.....being able to see kangaroos from our kitchen window is really something.

The other day we saw a kookaburra fly down from its perch on a tree branch into the grass and come up with a mouse. While we've often seen kookas before we have never seen one catching its dinner in front of us.

Joe, yes indeed, Oz has ticks. In the early 70s my lovely young grey and white cat Smokey (geez - what an original name eh) was bitten by a tick and it was touch and go for a day or two, but she recovered and went on to live to be 15 before she crossed the rainbow bridge. And you are right about the noisy neighbours too, we haven't heard much from the neighbours at all yet even though one family has three kids.

Cheers
JennieG