Boomerangs and Emus

I would just like to make a retraction to my last blog concerning the brain power of the Emu's. Apparently an "Emu will swallow large pebbles--up to 1.6 ounces--to help their gizzards grind up food. They also often eat charcoal. (Perrin and Middleton, 1985). www.pueblozoo.org/archives/jun02/feature.htm" So i have learned something new thanks to an anonymous post. And rightly so.
On the way back from the koala sanctuary we decided to pick up an "authentic" boomerang from one of the shopping centers. It was time for this Yank to learn how the original australians got their food. And let me tell you, me and my family would be living off of grubs and beetles for a very long time. lol
Though james didn't fair much better, i might even say he was a bit worse. Kylie even didn't do so well, and apparently her name means boomerang. It was a lot of fun trying though. We didn't ever get it to fly back to us exactly...but it did come close a few times. Once a little tooo close! I need to learn how to post videos to the blog because we taped a few of these throws and there's one where I guarantee you to be in stitches with laughter as we hurl ourselves out of the way of the incoming projectile. It was also fun to watch passing pedestrians and bicyclist keep a warry eye on us. We had enough smarts to hold our throws till they were out of danger. Yet James did let loose with a monster throw, and the bloody thing took off right towards the little leauge afl team that was practicing some 40 or 50 yards from us. No one got hurt, but we decided that was enough fun for the evening and jumped back in the car. (Kylie getting ready to terrorize all those out on the field)
Temperatures drop pretty fast when the sun goes down, probably in the 40's or low 50's. (I still haven't learned to convernt Celsius into Fahrenheit properly, so I mostly guess) But it was dusk and the perfect time to see wallabees in their natural habitat. Australian suburbia. lol
Think of it as spotlighting deer at night, but the down under version.
It was fun to see the wallabees out in the open, munching on people's lawns, not so much herds, more like little gangs of 'em all over neighborhoods. Again I've got some good video worth uploading, so I'll try and get that figured out.