{"id":4446,"date":"2015-01-24T00:21:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T13:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/write4publish.com\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2017-11-03T17:32:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T06:32:54","slug":"black-swans-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anneskyvington.com.au\/black-swans-surfing\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Swans Surfing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Only in Australia&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to Brian Moore for alerting me to the video clip below:<\/p>\n<p>Four black swans seen riding waves at Kirra Beach on the Gold Coast (Queensland) in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Four black swans spotted surfing in Australia [Full HD Clip]\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bsiqdl6vsGQ?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">#Only in Australia<\/h4>\n<p>This post shows two photos I took at Kirra Beach last summer. 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