The Giant Galah of Kimba, South Australia
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382925)
Rockingham, Australia
March 9, 2017 7:45am CST
Some years ago we bought our Leyland Tiger bus over the internet. Unfortunately it was 3,500 kilometres away and south of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. Vince and a friend flew East with reasonable expectations of purchasing the bus and driving it home. The deal was signed and the men started on the long road back.
Australia has a number of 'giant' icons in various towns and at Kimba, in South Australia, they have a giant model of a pink-and-grey galah. These galahs were once only seen in the north of Western Australia but they have now made their way south and are common throughout the state. They are popular as pets and many become quite talkative. Our friends had a one who, when everyone was streaming out the door on their way somewhere, would start screaming 'Can I come, can I come?'
The photo shows our bus, Vince and the giant galah complete with a friendly town dog.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
9 Mar 17
That certainly is a giant galah!! So they talk like a parrot would? Interesting I have never heard of them.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
11 Mar 17
@JudyEv MY aunt ysed to have a parakeet that talked and she let him fly free in her house when she was home and then he went back to his cage. He used to perch on her eyeglasses and say pretty baby which was awfully cute.
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Mar 17
@BelleStarr I'm sure 'your' parakeets are 'our' budgerigars. They fly in great flocks up north but still seem to adapt to being 'house' birds.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Mar 17
That is one big bird! Everything is big Down Under!
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@Tampa_girl7 (54749)
• United States
9 Mar 17
Just saw that we said the same thing
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Mar 17
@Tampa_girl7 @JohnRoberts There are all sorts of giant this, that and the other - all tourist attractions.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
9 Mar 17
Quite a bother to provide accommodation and may be even food?
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
11 Mar 17
@JudyEv This bird - how did you cope with it once you brought it home?
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Mar 17
@allknowing Haha. Very clever. 
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Mar 17
Wow big bird and nice bus as well.
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Mar 17
@fishtiger58 I'll be a bit sad to see it go - but it hasn't gone yet anyway. :)
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
11 Mar 17
@JudyEv Too bad you are so far away I would consider buying it. I love it.
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Very nice! 
@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Mar 17
@TheInvisibleMan It is pretty photogenic isn't it?
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@allen0187 (59862)
• Philippines
9 Mar 17
Wow!
I bet it is a sight to behold!
Thanks for sharing it!
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@allen0187 (59862)
• Philippines
12 Mar 17
@JudyEv looking forward to seeing more of your giant tourist attractions' posts!
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Mar 17
@allen0187 There is quite a number of them but I'll have to use free-to-use images. But that's okay.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Mar 17
I found myself pondering how bad a poop would be from a bird that big
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
11 Mar 17
@JudyEv prob one of those beach towel sized paper towels, lol.
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Mar 17
@Jessicalynnt Guano with a capital 'G'. 
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
15 Mar 17
I'm as curious as a cat, Ms. Judy :) I wonder what would you do with the bus :)
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 17
It took us a while but we removed all the seats and it is now a lovely motor-home. We did almost all the work ourselves. I'll attach a photo. If you search 'tagged discussions' and type in 'motor home' you'll see some posts about it. There are posts about a different motor-home in Ireland and a third one we hired in South Australia late last year. It is up for sale now as we're getting a bit old for such a big vehicle. There is a double bed behind the curtain at the back. There is a toilet and hand basin one side and a shower the other.
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 17
@sunrisefan We couldn't afford to buy a motor-home so we bought an old bus and created our own.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
15 Mar 17
@JudyEv Very lovely interior of your motor home, Ms. Judy! So, it's the reason why you bought the bus :)
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
14 Mar 17
probably a good thing that birds don't actually grow to such dimensions lol @JudyEv
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
15 Mar 17
@JudyEv and lots of car bonnet / hoods and statues too
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 17
@arthurchappell Pigeons certainly like statues don't they? Everywhere we went the poor old statues were covered in it although this one actually isn't. I just liked the irreverence of the pigeon.
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@JudyEv (382925)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Mar 17
Thanks. The bus has given us a lot of pleasure but we have it up for sale now.
@teamfreak16 (43729)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Mar 17
You certainly don't want to mess around while that guy is standing guard!
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
9 Mar 17
That is a towering bird and the dog looks very friendly.I have
never heard of a galah bird. Thats the nice thing about being here...you get to know new things.
Do you use the bus to move around ? Who are the other passengers?
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
14 Mar 17
@JudyEv oooohh, thats the sort of thing I would love to do. Yours looks just great
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