View large to see 17 of the 24 brolgas sheltering from the wind behind the buildings in the neighbour's house yard. When I first looked across the lucerne patch and saw them I didn't know what I was looking at. My camera's zoom let me see it was a large flock of brolgas.
The buildings pictured have interesting stories too. The high building on the left was built in the 1950s as a refuge from floods. A series of floods had gone over these rich alluvial flats and flooded the farmer's house each time. So he built this room on stumps that lifted it higher than the highest recorded flood with the idea of providing an emergency shelter for his family at flood time. It has never had to be used!
The roof hidden behind the barn on the right is a new addition just finished last week. The present owner has stone pitched a wall higher than most floods and then erected straw bale walls above that to make an entertainment area for his family. The brolgas seemed to appreciate the shelter all these buildings and shrubs provided and spent the day resting behind it protected from a cold southerly wind blowing down the valley.
I remember seeing brogolas on the swamps of the Sunshine Coast when I was a girl. They use to dance and were spectular. That was a long time ago! Thanks for the information.
