emu encounters

<--Emu in main street of Denham

Admittedly, I'm not a big fan of emus. I have a memory from childhood going into the bush to show my Nana from England some wildlife and having the car surrounded by inquisitive emus as we tried to get out.

I haven't had anything to do with emus since then aside from seeing them at Healsville Sanctuary and keeping my distance! Until now.

The Monkey Mia emus, like the pelicans (will post on them later) are a bit jealous of the attention (and food) the dolphins get, so have no qualms harassing tourists as they are enjoying a rest on the lawn (and getting sunburned as I later found out).

Being city girls, it was quite a thrill to see them walking around the streets of Denham and the resort at M.M. But then they started to get a little too friendly!

Sandy trying to save her drink bottle (and self) from nosy emu

She must have jumped so high that she lost both her drink bottle and hat!
Now I've been spotted!

Turns out they eat the berries that fall off the palm tree we were reclining under. But I think they were also checking out if we had something better. Did give me a good chance to get some close ups despite the animal growling at me.




Then they decided we didn't have anything they wanted, and headed to the cafe.