Binchickenisland

Lots of election excitement today on the island!

'tis a lovely afternoon for collecting branches!

FREE EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT.
"Rolling!" is a free puppet musical by Bonkel Theatre currently being performed as part of Melbourne Fringe at the Old Coburg Train Station 19th-22nd October 2022.
Check out the Fringe Website for session times and more details.
Puppets, comedy & toe tapping songs combine this over- the- top tale about a bicycle theft!

Photo courtesy of the Bin Chicken Island Historical Society from the year 2021 of the notorious "Black Beak" and his band of rapscalion pirates after they performed a coup de grace in taking over the Swan nest.

Hey Coburg - If we all lean forward together as a community, do you think we might be able to make the weekend come any sooner? 😆

A local juvenile Dusky Moorhen performing a classic "tyrannosaurus rex attack" pose. 🦖 (haven't we all at some stage?!) 😄

Say hello to Coburg's expanding Dusky Moorhen family!! While the Ibis are like rockstars🤘, and Black Swans are like royalty 👑, the Dusky Moorhens are like Baristas ☕: not as highly regarded in their celebrity status yet still an integral part of the socio-ecological system at Bin Chicken Island.

A local resident showing apprecition at the monument of Lady Beatrice Quintrell, local Coburg explorer, navigator, and cartographer who came to fame for being the first to have surveyed and mapped most of the Bin Chicken Island shoreline.

(Photo supplied courtesy of Bin Chicken Island Historical Society.)

Some words of insight from Bernard, one of Coburg's local philosophers.

This commemorative limited-edition artwork was commissioned to celebrate a visit from his Royal Highness Prince Roderick Bin Chicken IV.

Featuring exquisite craftsmanship using the finest 24 carat goldleaf rendered lettering, it is will be available for public viewing at the Bin Chicken Island giftshop once lockdown restrictions have eased.