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 These represent malleefowl, a type of bird which lives around here. The metal bird statues look to be slightly larger than life size as a real malleefowl is about 60 cm high, but the mound is the true size of the kind of nest that they use to incubate their eggs. It has a layer of compost at the bottom which releases heat as it rots, and sand on top for insulation. The eggs are buried in the middle. When a chick hatches from an egg, it then burrows its way up and out of the top of the mound. It can fly within a day. UTC Time: 00:38, Friday 24 January 2014 Local Time: 08:38, Friday 24 January 2014 Estimate of longitude: 118° 42' 13.00" E = 118.703610° Estimate of latitude: 32° 29' 46.90" S = -32.496360° Possible error on position estimate: 200 metres | |