Cows Roaming; Turkeys Nesting; Wallabies Feeding!

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I have returned from my 7 day holiday at Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island. The title to my discussion is correct. When we turned up the street to go to my small holiday home, we were faced with at least ten cows roaming free. They had escaped from a neighbours paddock and were getting a bit panicky as they were lost. A few got into a neighbours yard, and she told them to f....off..They moowed half the night. Within 30 minutes of finding roaming cows, we found two turkeys nesting in my yard. A small female and a verey large male. They had 11 eggs. I was amazed. I had never seen turkeys in my yard and didnt even know they lived on the island. Apparently they are domesticated turkeys that escaped years ago. We had hoped the eggs would hatch while we were there, but this didnt happen. The male was very protective of the eggs. That night, the wallabies came right up to within 2 metres of the back door, and my daughter fed them carrots. There were 5 wallabies, but we have had up to 21 living in or near my yard. I have attached a photo of the father turkey sitting on the eleven eggs.