Kiwi, that's actually really incredible. You must have a lush and leafy environment there for them.

I just looked at some information about how the young ones hatch. The chicks look really cute.

Apparently they have a very difficult time surviving at first as they have to dig their way out of the mound after hatching and then the parents abandon them and leave them to fend for themselves immediately.

They seem to be found more and more in towns and cities now. I remember them in inner city Brisbane and also at the beach on the Sunshine Coast. I have a couple here who dart across the grass and into the bush from time to time at dusk. They were feeding on the mangoes a month or so ago. They have a roost in a lush area between a couple of the cane paddocks.

They're fully protected in my State by law not sure about anywhere else. You're a good "backyard buddy"!