Well! You are right out there in the middle of Oz aren't you! Surely one of the world's most isolated villages. What's your role there?

An emu! Wow! Unusual top see them in forest close to the coast. When I was a kid I saw a few at Tomakin, before the suburb was there. Last time I saw emus close to the coast was beside the Nerriga Road about 40km west of Nowra. But unusual things do happen. I had to shoo a Wallaroo off the road near Moruya Airport a few months back. He shouldn't have been on the coast side of the range!

@possm1 This emu was literally 200-300m from coast 😂 There was some farm land a km or two away though.

It's possible that the massive clearing of forest and forest understory in the 2019-20 wildfires made it easier for emus to move towards the coast. The fires created a temporary (?) understory of herbs and grasses where the fire crowned and the forest canopy was destroyed and that might have favoured emus. Of course in the longer term the result has been huge areas of impenetrable acacia regrowth they'd find it hard to move through. @@wademellor5304

I think it's a different species of cycad around Rockhampton.

Yeah, the research I cited in the credits was skeptical about the toxicity of the WA species but I thought I'd better err on the side of caution. "Don't try this without adult supervision, kids1" and all that. And I've noticed that so many of the small berries that our native fauna consume with gusto are bitter and tasteless.

Thanks. Jesse was indeed an ambassador for dingoes and a wonderful companion. One was never without a conversation because people would identify him as a dingo or sidle up and ask, diplomatically, "'scuse me, your dog ... is he ... a ... dingo?". It's actually Cycads as a whole that date from before the dinosaurs and the flowering plants and we don't know quite how far back the present-day Burrawang extends. But they've probably been in pretty much the present form for tens of millions of years.

If you haven't already viewed it, you might like 'The Pygmy, the Feathertail, the Bushfire and the Banksia', a piece about the interaction of flora and fauna after the terrible 2019-20 bushfires. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGO1Y3Wpi9Vpjc0

John, nice to hear from you! So you actually ate the kernel??!! I would have thought Duntroon would have had some knowledgeable botanist lecture you on what was edible and what was not. And yes, Jesse was a legend. It's been hard to lose a companion like that.

Ha! This is one of the very first videos I ever made and you're the first person to comment in 14 years! I'm glad it's still inspiring people. It was once linked to by the Mustionjoki River restoration project in Finland, and something or other in Queensland.

Thanks! Glad it was of some use. Since I made it, a few more species have been added to the list. You'll find quite a few other Australian bird videos on my channel.

Thanks! I enjoyed making it.

Thanks so much. I also was blown away by the achievement!

I'm told that these seals usually haul out further up the river but turn up for the markets on Saturdays. The trouble is that if the 40m rule was enforced, a whole lot of the markets area couldn't be used. Also the boat ramp and the wharf would be within the area. I mean, you can tell people not to go near the seal, but it's a bit hard explaining to the seals that they can't go near the people! They stick right next to the water and it'd be very hard for them to quickly climb the rock rubble wall. If they felt threatened, they'd most likely just slip into the water. The busker said he tells people he's just the support act for the seals.

Well, 40m isn't realistic in this place, but some of the children were really close. If someone gets bitten, it will be the seals who suffer, not the people. Let's hope the seals go somewhere more isolated in breeding and pupping season, when they can be more irritable and aggressive (defensive). That said, it's great to see wild animals fearless and enjoying their lives. Thanks for showing them to us!

Sebuah pencapaian yang sangat mengesankan mengingat semuanya dibangun oleh satu orang!

Slava Ukraini!

Thanks! Glad it was helpful. Do note however that there's a misidentification towards the end. What I ID as an Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii) is in fact the related White-footed Dunnart. These are very common in the area but at the time I made this I was barely aware of the species and took what I was seeing as the Antechinus, which is predominant further north. See my later video on the White-footed Dunnart!

Thank you. Done.