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Subscriber only If you ve ever stood next to an emu, you d know the deep and intimidating guttural sounds they produce in their throats. But at a wildlife park an hour s drive from Mackay, the emus politely eat food out of your hands while eastern grey kangaroos gently nudge you for a second helping. An emu at Bredl s Wild Farm. Picture: Contributed Bredls Wild Farm is also home to five cassowaries, Stella the southern-nosed wombat, Mimi and Bubbles the deer, talking birds, goats, koalas, possums, a sugar glider, a spencer s goanna, alligators and saltwater crocodiles. The Spencer s monitor, or goanna, at Bredl s Wild Farm, Bloomsbury. Picture: Contributed, Sticky Designz
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Subscriber only Nestled among the quiet streets of a rural town about an hour s drive north of Mackay is a pilot s playground with a 1.1km bitumen airstrip. At the end next to the helicopter pad is the home belonging to Garry Poole, the passionate local behind the Bloomsbury Whitsunday Park Estate. The helipad at the Whitsunday Park Estate. Mr Poole also keeps his own fire engine on standby should emergency services wish to use it. Picture: Heidi Petith The development consists of two lots of 35 two-hectare blocks each sold with access to the estate s Lakeside Airfield. Approved plans for the Whitsunday Park Estate at 61 Whitsunday Drive, Bloomsbury. Picture: Cardno Limited.