I've been trying to showcase the bird life down here and the King Parrots, which only come for part of the year, have been difficult to photograph. They're interested in the seed cakes but as of yet they are very quick when they do enter the backyard. For such a big bird they're very skittish. But here they are at long last. They're a beautiful bird.
Like the cockatoos, they travel in large flocks and you usually see them all grazing on the ground. However, this flock likes our tree just over the wall in the park.
This is my friend the Magpie who I feed so he won't swoop at me when I walk close to his nest. It's that time of year and believe it or not, they remember you and if you are not seen as a threat they leave you alone. This doesn't work when I am on the other side of town, however.
Even little Kismet sometimes catches something. In this case its "Lizard" her favorite chew toy which she sometimes used as a pillow. Yeah, I know - it's a little precious - but I still like the photo.
I'll get back to the biting political commentary as soon as there is something to "bite" on. I think there will be an announcement very soon. There are some here who believe we will go to a SECOND election because the Greens and the Independents won't compromise.
The other good story is that Australia won't let Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) leave until he pays the taxes they claim he owes.
(By Pauline Askin)
He came back for his Mother's funeral and they slapped him with a "prohibition departure order" (Australian bureaucrats really talk like that sometimes) that says he cannot leave until he forks it over. His problem is that he made way too much money and voila! the Tall Poppy Syndrome comes in. He apparently socked it away offshore on the advice of a prominent tax attorney who told him at the time it was legal.
Hogan's take is:
"If I was a tax evader which I'm not, I must be the dumbest one in the world."
"I keep coming back here to the country, and instead of fleeing to a tax haven, I fled to the United States of America."
But the Australian tax collectors are taking the word of a "very disgruntled" ex-employee who Hogan fired - his ACCOUNTANT. He claims he told Hogan it was illegal (his tax avoidance structure) and amazingly, that's who the tax collectors choose to cite as their main witness, rather then the prominent tax attorney (who is now a Federal Judge I believe) who told him it was legal. Hmmmmmm. Hogan says they will not get a cent out of him. His wife, Linda Kozlowski (also from the movie - see below - and who reportedly was the cause of his marriage breaking up) is, according to Hogan, "scared" to come to Australia because of this. She apparently asked him whether there was a Department of Justice he could appeal to.
He told her "we haven't even got a government."
So it's all connected, you see.
Remember this? Although they do NOT say "shrimp" down here - it's a PRAWN...
Here's a little classic Paul Hogan Humor to go out on:
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