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There’s a famous pride of peacocks and peahens that roam the street below. Residents and partners, Amit Nanoo and Russell Fisher, along with their neighbours, know to give space and time to this flock when they’re crossing in front of their cars.

They visit from the nearby Brenthurst Estate — their permanent home — and occasionally, if you’re lucky, you may catch them fanning themselves out on the sidewalk.

With the constant hum of the

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