Why was that man dressed in bright clothes rivalling the plumage of a brilliant rosella standing outside the Nightcliff Police Station looking up at the roof during the Sunday market. ? Soon after, he was seen perched on a chair as if about to clamber onto the roof. Later on , he was observed throwing a thong high up at a tree across the road and heard whistling.
The answer to this intriguing scenario is simple: Bolbols , a precocious red tail black cockatoo who regularly attends the market , perched on the shoulder of her owner, had decided to fly way . The bird normally mixes with the Sunday café society near The Groove showing off to the passersby .
Her escape involved the police who gave her owner the okay to climb on the roof to try and catch the flighty bird. He then borrowed a chair from the well known Darwin activist , Stuart Highway , who conducts a stall at the market , always willing to help a person with a problem , be they free citizens or incarcerated in Berrimah or a US penitentiary. The playing of protest songs to the accompaniment of a guitar by his friend, Rob Inder-Smith, may have incited Bolbols to fly the coop.
In any case , she was last seen heading for another tall tree after the thong throwing episode. This writer, having owned the book What Bird Is That? when he was boy, and survived a fall from a great height while attempting to rob a nest, went looking for the flyaway. A raucous cackle was heard from a tree near Nirvagi where people were enjoying the coffee, but it was not the fleeing cockatoo.
Examining the roof outside the police station it was noticed that the guttering is so blocked up there is an award winning Bonsai and bean sprout garden on display . It is not know if Bolbols, like Lassie, returned home . It must also be admitted that I am not sure of the actual name of the wonderful bird. It may well be like the saucy fan dancer , Fifi Le Bonbon, or a brand of Dutch gin which goes well with rollmops.
The answer to this intriguing scenario is simple: Bolbols , a precocious red tail black cockatoo who regularly attends the market , perched on the shoulder of her owner, had decided to fly way . The bird normally mixes with the Sunday café society near The Groove showing off to the passersby .
Her escape involved the police who gave her owner the okay to climb on the roof to try and catch the flighty bird. He then borrowed a chair from the well known Darwin activist , Stuart Highway , who conducts a stall at the market , always willing to help a person with a problem , be they free citizens or incarcerated in Berrimah or a US penitentiary. The playing of protest songs to the accompaniment of a guitar by his friend, Rob Inder-Smith, may have incited Bolbols to fly the coop.
In any case , she was last seen heading for another tall tree after the thong throwing episode. This writer, having owned the book What Bird Is That? when he was boy, and survived a fall from a great height while attempting to rob a nest, went looking for the flyaway. A raucous cackle was heard from a tree near Nirvagi where people were enjoying the coffee, but it was not the fleeing cockatoo.
Examining the roof outside the police station it was noticed that the guttering is so blocked up there is an award winning Bonsai and bean sprout garden on display . It is not know if Bolbols, like Lassie, returned home . It must also be admitted that I am not sure of the actual name of the wonderful bird. It may well be like the saucy fan dancer , Fifi Le Bonbon, or a brand of Dutch gin which goes well with rollmops.
