- Mob of emus have been spotted strutting around a Queensland outback town
- Every street in Longreach, Queensland where the emus are is named after a bird
- They usually stay on the outskirts but have moved in to find food and water
A mob of emus have been spotted strutting around a Queensland outback town.
Every street in Longreach, Queensland is named after a bird, which makes the mob’s excursion into town all the more appropriate.
Emus usually keep to the outskirts of Longreach but on Saturday a group decided to wander the streets.
A mob of emus have been spotted strutting around a Queensland outback town
Every street in Longreach, Queensland is named after a bird. which makes the mob’s excursion into town all the more appropriate
They made their way down Cassowary Street, towards Crane and Plover Streets, Seven News reported.
The emus have begun coming into town in order to find food and water.
Despite there being an Emu Street in Longreach none of the birds were seen on their namesake road.
They were seen invading the town, walking along the roads and searching among the grass.
Cars can be seen driving on the same streets which the emus are wandering down.
‘It’s very unusual,’ Longreach resident Betty Forster told the Courier Mail.
Emus usually keep to the outskirts of Longreach but on Saturday a group decided to wander the streets
‘Poor buggers, there’s nothing left out bush for them.’
Cafe worker Cassy Delahunty said the emus ‘just waltz about like they own the place’.
‘But we love them. It’s a novelty to see them in town.’