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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

10,000 Birds

I saw them at Ayers Rock which while I was there had the worst floods in memory (my parents in Germany thought I must be traveling under a bad star, as they heard about these floods in the German news and knew I was there at that time). .” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms.

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Perth Hills National Parks

10,000 Birds

The scheme was devised by C Y O’Connor who was an Irish engineer and steel was brought to Western Australia from both Germany and the United States of America and when the pipeline was completed it was the longest fresh water pipe in the world. Red-capped Parrot -high in the trees! Glen Brook Dam.

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