Easter weekend in Australia is traditionally the last big camping trip of summer. Everyone goes camping or away to the beach / hills / mountains with a trailer and kids in tow. Leading up to the easter weekend the supermarkets and stores are full of large foil wrapped chocolate easter eggs which come in many shapes: bunnies, people, wombats and bilbies.
The Easter Bilby (see below) is supposed to be Australia's answer to the Easter Bunny. The Bunny is not a popular critter in Australia - it was introduced and became a feral species. at times in history it has reached plague proportions and led to the extinction of native species of quoll and other small marsupials so it was felt (by some) that it was inappropriate to have a holiday which inspired children to love the bunny. For all that, bunnies still outnumber bilbies as is probably the case in a more general sense as well.
We were at Port Julia for Easter and hid eggs and bilbies and even a chocolate wombat around the house for the kids to find. Every time Wren found a treat he said "eat 'im up now?" and started to open it. Both boys ate a lot of chocolate.
Wren eats the Chocolate Chicken. I loved the chicken and it reminded me of the book of Max and Ruby and the Chocolate Chicken which Frost enjoyed.
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