Last Sunday, Mr BC & Teenage daughter came home from a driving lesson with an injured Australian Crested Pigeon. Apparantly some bastard Magpie had been pecking into it while it was still alive, leaving a large bloody hole in it's side. Teeanage Daughter, who is friend to all creatures, had to rescue it.
So then we had to find a wildlife rescue service that would take it. No sweat.
Thinking that was enough drama for a Sunday, we headed off to the beach to enjoy the beautiful day, and there we found a Long Neck Turtle wallowing around in the shallows.
Long Neck Turtles are freshwater animals, so we where surprised that this one was still alive. Presumably it had made it's way out of the local freshwater creek into a stormwater drain, and had ended up in the surf. What an adventure! Someone should make a tv show about Turtles having adventures in drains...
We all jumped back in the car, & drove the turtle to the local duck pond.
And bid him farewell, then went back to the beach.
It is so lovely at the duck pond, I hope Mr Turtle is very happy there.
Back at the beach, we found a giant Puffer Fish.
But it was well out of puff..
So The Gentleman made him a Tombstone.
The End
