Little Boo And Prudence From Bed And Broccoli

Bed and Broccoli is a bed and breakfast, but it is also a wildlife shelter set on a majestic 60 acres of Australian bushland with it’s own thriving mob of kangaroos living free within it. Nikki and Scott Medwell took in two orphaned joeys early in 2016 and I have had the joy of documenting them grow up along the way. It’s been a pleasure watching them and learning about kangaroos in the process. My favourite part though has been watching the bond between Nikki and the two little kangaroos who she has brought up with such love and determination.

They are such gentle creatures who just want to live in peace with their beloved families.

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*On the 25th of March, 2017, Prudence left this world for the next. This is my tribute to her:

Yesterday she left this world, younger than she should have left, but she left surrounded by so much love…so much love.

She was always wary of anyone new and would shake in their presence until Nikki was there to comfort her and tell her it was ok (which she always did, every single time). Her bond with Nikki was unbreakable. Nikki was her comfort and safety.

When you take an animal in to your heart and look after them and look out for them with all of your soul, losing them is always in the back of your mind, just sitting there quietly right at the back of it niggling away, but you often push it aside, it’s not something you ever know how to deal with. For my beautiful and dear friends at Bed and Broccoli, this is a heartbreak that is real and deep and painful and all the love i have I send to them and that little man, Boo, who will always miss his sister, but he will also learn to be a mighty kangaroo with her spirit in his heart.

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Please enjoy the slideshow below of these two beautiful joeys.