The community saving the red-tailed black-cockatoo.
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Remembering Karak: the other Commonwealth Games mascot
It’s Commonwealth Games madness here in my home city of Gold Coast. Excitement is building. As a testament to the extent of my love for sport, I am leaving the city the morning after the Opening Ceremony to head back to Kangaroo Island for the 2018 glossy black-cockatoo breeding season. Black-cockatoos might seem like a convenient way for me to avoid the chaos of the Games (which is true), but there’s actually a connection between black-cockatoos and the Games:
The south-eastern red-tailed black-cockatoo was the official mascot of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
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A beautiful clear-skied day in September. A car loaded with wildlife recording equipment and all my belongings for the next two months. Music on, a deep breath. Here I go.
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