Originally written March 2014
We woke up one morning at our accommodation in Alderley, a suburb of Brisbane, to discover we were being watched.
Three sulphur-crested cockatoos had positioned themselves along the balcony railing, apparently checking on the new occupants. 
There was no knocking, no introduction and certainly no concern about whether they had been invited.
They just arrived, looked through the glass and made themselves at home.
Coming from Cairns, seeing wildlife around the house wasn’t exactly unusual for us, but there’s still something delightful about opening the curtains in an unfamiliar place and finding the locals already waiting outside.
Perhaps they were curious.
Perhaps they were hoping for breakfast.
More likely, judging by that look, they were wondering why we were staying on their balcony.
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