Bunny Cuteness

How cute is that! Today Ulf and I were enjoying playing with the baby rabbits by putting them in our pockets and giggling about the strange positions they would find themselves in! Although they can't see yet, they are quite active and are growing stronger every day. One baby bunny fits easily in the palm of your hand.

Christmas holiday

On Sunday afternoon, the 21st of December '08 we set off, via the inland roads, for Queensland! About 2,000kms later we arrived in Gladstone and spent one week with Em's family for Christmas. It was great to see them all again! Otto's fiance Tamara came, and Aaron's girlfriend Sarah and her parents were there as well, so for the first time Em can remember, we were eight people around the table for Christmas! We received unexpected gifts and ate wraps for lunch! Aaron showed us the sights, which was a nice distraction from the sweltering heat!

From Gladstone we took the coast road down to Byron Bay, visiting some friends in Brissy on the way. Four nights in Byron were really nice - lots of beach, ocean bathing, and sun (to avoid!). We headed south again on the 1st of Jan, but by the 2nd of Jan we were both busting to get home to our garden and pet bunny rabbits, to see how they're doing. Lo and behold, the garden was huge after two weeks and we now have zuchinis, squash and green beans coming out of our ears! Add to that baby bunnies, ripe figs, and lots more vegies on the way and what you have is spring rain!

Kms travelled: 4,563

Road kill: 19 kangaroos/wallabies; 4 rabbits; 2 possums; 1 fox; 1 echidna; 1 goanna; 1 wombat; many birds; several hundred locusts (on our windshield); and many other insects.

The fam.:

Back L to R: Esmond, Em, Kerry, Sarah, Tamara and Otto.

Front L to R: Ulf, Aaron and Mum.

Baby Bunnies!!

We arrived home from our Christmas 'holiday' at about 1.30am on 2nd January. In the morning, Ulf came in jumping up and down, saying, "Come look, come look!" so I followed him and we discovered that eight little squirming newborn bunnies were warmly tucked away in Lily's nest (in an old lawn mower catcher)! What a wonderful surprise to come home to! Most of them have dark skin and will have dark fur also, but two have light skin. Their eyes are currently shut, but they should open in 8 - 10 days time. We have seperated Butch (the 'father') from Lily ('mother'), to avoid her becoming pregnant again straight away. In about 8 weeks time, we will sell the babies.

Happy New Year!

Here they are:

It is day 5 and we have lost two little ones to starvation. Lily simply can't feed more than six babies... However, there are still two that are smaller than the others, and there is one particularly fat one!