One of our national flags portrays a boxing kangaroo and it is often used at sporting events. For example, Alan Bond's yacht flew the flag when it won the America's cup back in the 1970s. Well, kangaroos do box each other and I witnessed a couple of 'roos doing precisely that outside my office window at work yesterday morning. Four young 'roos were only about 50m away on a hillside grazing on some succulent green grass and members of this pod (the collective for a group of 'roos) occasionally diverted into mutual grooming and sparring. Shortly after, at morning tea, one of my colleagues remembered driving away from UNE at night and seeing a group of possums fleeing in front of him. However, one of the possums was much larger than the others and seemed to be struggling. On closer inspection it turned out that the possum was in fact a koala! It's nice working on a campus where we can witness such events.
The picture shows some of the kangaroos with the two on the left having just finished their spat.
AS
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You certainly see life from your office.
When I had my last job in Weston super Mare (UK) I had an attic office with a roof window or skylight from which I could if I wished (and I did not wish very often) see the TAX OFFICE!
Now, in retirement in Poole, our lounge window has a panoramic view of Poole Harbour (the second largest natural harbour in the world afer Sydney harbour) so Jean and I are never bored with the view.
Richard Snow.
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