During our visit to their new home in Wollongbar a few weeks back, Jakob and Julie were lamenting that they could no long watch a pair of kookaburras nesting in their tree year after year as they previously did at their old property in Lismore. Jakob wanted to place a nest box in a gum tree in the paddock opposite his house. As a little thank you present for hosting us, we bought them a kookaburra nest box to place in the tree.

Jakob was not sure how the neighbours would react or how he was actually going to place the box high enough in the tree, but as it turned out the whole community got on board. Many people on the street attended the installation event and a local friend of Jakob’s helped install the box using his cherry picker. Even the local newspaper (read online article here) and local birding group showed up for the event! Since installation, a kookaburra has been seen sitting near the next box, so fingers-crossed for some kookaburra chicks this season.