This mens shed group developing inventions to defeat a flock of overly intelligent cockatoo birds has the beginnings of a premise for the next great Aussie comedy movie

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/cockatoos-lorne-new-invention-to-stop-bin-rubbish/106760610

Marauding cockatoos thwarted by bin lid invented by men's shed

Residents of the scenic Great Ocean Road are at their wits' end after the increasingly intelligent birds learnt how to lift the lids of wheelie bins, spreading rubbish through the town of Lorne.

@joannaholman

I'd watch that, but we may need to resurrect Bill Hunter and Charles "Bud" Tingwell for the cast.

@imalcolm @joannaholman oh wouldn't they be perfect.