Koalas and Kangaroos!
Randy Seaver author of the well-known genealogy blog, Genea-Musings, recently posed the topics of “Your Other Hobbies or Interests” for his “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun” weekly blog post, and it has spurred me to get writing again.
So just what are my other hobbies and interests?
Reading is one, and I’m a collector of various things, there’s no doubt about that. One of those is my 19 Crimes collection of corks and wine bottles, that is still growing slowly. But other than that … not so much of a hobby, but more of a passion, is keeping an eye on the local wildlife in my area.
So my answer is … koalas and kangaroos.
I live in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia, and am incredibly fortunate to have koalas and kangaroos come and visit regularly. So regularly, that I can identify them, and have named many of them.
So let me introduce you to my girl koala Boomer, and a few of my regulars …
regular visitor Boomer (short for Boomerang since she keeps coming back) – she started it all!
Charlie is one of the big boy roos who comes to visit
beautiful Ellie, who is mum to baby Jaffa
handsome boy Franklin
beautiful little Genie
new mama roo Jewell, with her joey, Diamond
Vegemite with her first joey, Marmite
Vegemite with her new joey, Promite
Mumma Bear & Baby Bear
Toni, the girl with the fluffiest ears ever!
Popcorn, he’s the ultimate looking teddy bear
So what started with me going out for a walk and photographing the wildlife I saw along the way and putting some pictures on on Facebook for my friends, has resulted in my koalas and kangaroos totally having fans.
They suggested I should make a calendar from all my koala pics, so I did this and made a 2020 calendar which went well, and Boomer and her friends made it to many corners of the world. So recently I’ve been busy working on my 2021 calendar, and now Boomer has her own Facebook page as well. So it’s been keeping me busy, combine that with creating a proper separate website and there is absolutely no genealogy time at present.
Everyone has their ‘happy place’ – the place they love, the thing they love doing! Seeing my kangaroos and koalas is most certainly mine. It is just so good for the soul!
Just a side note: please note when I say I got out photographing the wildlife, I am absolutely not a pro-photographer. In fact I’d call myself a snapper, since my camera is simply a little auto-everything one. A lot of pics don’t turn out, but some do, and they look pretty good!
So that’s my other hobby/passion … what’s yours?
P.S. If you are interest in more koala pics, feel free to follow my Boomer and her friends Facebook page, and if you like the idea of looking at koalas all year round, you can find my koala calendar on sale here.
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Lovely photos of your Koalas and Kangaroos!! I tried to order your 2021 calendar, but the forms say no shipping to Canada. Well, maybe another year. In the meantime, I do hope this summer down under is less frightful, heat and fire-wise!!
Hmm, thanks for the feedback Celia. Not sure what’s going on as I’ve already had orders for it from Canada. Let me check, ok, it should be all good now. As for summer – yes we certainly hope it’s not a 2019/20 summer season.
You have taken some great photos. The little guys are all adorable.
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Thank you, Chris