Wild Emus At Lake Muir

[briefvisit]

Lake Muir lies to the west of me. A friend of mine – who is not vision impaired – and I walked to the end of the wooden walkway that overlooks the lake, and sat and watched.

Someone fired several rounds off to the west – perhaps pig shooters. My friend pointed out a mob of panicked emus – around a dozen – fleeing wildly along the shoreline.

We’re talking big distances here. It’s a mile just to where the shore swings around to the south.

I was able to see a tiny moving grey streak. My friend could pick several emus lighter and darker in their plumage.

They ran hundreds and hundreds of yards without drawing breath.

The point here is that these emus may have been to my lilly pilly tree. It’s five or six miles around the lake to get ‘behind’ the farm on the lake’s shore. Then it’s six or eight miles through the bush to the place opposite me. Then it’s a couple of miles more to my house-clearing.


There are pastures and water sources all the way. There are more pastures and water sources to the west of the lake. There are more lakes to the south.

Emoo World is enormous.


Supreme Emu

 

[Debbie292d]

I had to look up where this was as if possible I'd like to see that! Ack, Australia. Well, maybe someday. Too cool!

 

[briefvisit]

It makes most sense, Debbie, to bring up a map of the southern 'heel' of this state. This shows you that the Giant Emoo World I mentioned is in fact a postage stamp of a massive National Park.
https://www.australiassouthwest.com/our-south-west/

 

[briefvisit]

This map will do. From Lake Muir south to the coast, and from the locations marked on the east and the west, is 'The Big Green.' Several tiny lakes ('wetlands,' really) are visible on the east of the Lake Muir 'system.' Well, I am just up and right from those tiny lakes.