While walking in King's Park this morning, a large flock of black cockatoos flew over, and some nested in this tree. They are becoming more and more rare, although when they are spotted, they are often in flocks of 100-200.
Here are some more Aussie words with different meanings from ours: A clothespin is called a peg, and a napkin is a serviette. A car's trunk is called a boot and the hood is a bonnet. Some of the car names are different here, like the Toyota Highlander is called the Kluger. When you see "up" at the end of the name of a town, it means "place of." Some cool sounding town names are Joondalup, Mirrabooka, Wanneroo, Koondoola, Marangaroo, Cullacabardee, Woolloomooloo and my all time favorite, Humpty Doo.
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