A ‘HOMESICK’ Aussie has created an Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on a remote Scottish island – and it even has WALLABIES.

Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis in Shetland after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe.

4 Dave has opened The Outpost on the Shetland Islands Credit: Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency

Now the social worker lives on the island with wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four.

Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra.

The Outpost is a renovated wooden portable cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bushcraft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia.

Neighbours use the place as their local bar - as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away.

Now Dave has brought a bit of Oz wildlife to his cabin, with visitors able to enjoy The Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly.

The marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet.

4 The Wallabies have been impressing visitors Credit: Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency

Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location.

He said: "They get a giggle out of it, they are pleasantly surprised to see the Aussie flags and a bit of a bush pub feel of a home away from home.

"They all ask 'what brought you here' and 'how come you’re stuck in Shetland?'

"The Outpost is pretty good for events like ANZAC Day, Australia Day, rugby and cricket matches, or even the AFL Grand Final Day.

"We have officially been the world’s most northerly AFL Grand Final party three years in a row according to the party tracker on the AFL website.

"We always seem to attract a few Aussie travellers, and the occasional Kiwi, to join the festivities.

"Those who don’t know of Shetland usually say: where is that at? I think because Shetland is remote and then Burra is that little bit more remote, the last thing they expect to see is an Aussie and The Outpost at the bum end of a single track dead end road."

Dave, who was born in Launceston, Tasmania, originally came to Scotland when he was travelling in the late 1990s.

He met his wife Julie while working in a hotel on Shetland as he earned money to travel to Iceland. He hasn't left the islands since.

As well as running the Outpost, Dave is also heavily involved in the Shetland music scene with his bandmates in rock group Ten Tonne Dozer.

The heavy rock groove metal band have toured the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, and won best metal act award in the Scottish Alternative Music Awards in 2012.

4 Locals drop into The Outpost for a drink Credit: Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency

Dave said besides himself, and Ned and Kelly the wallabies, The Outpost is full of Aussie treats to remind him of home.

He said: "We’re always stocked with Boags, a great Tassie beer, and we occasionally get Cascade stout.

"We also have loads of book on Australia, especially wildlife books. The kids that visit particularly love them. They also like the many soft toy Aussie animals we have.

"I’ve got chunks of wood and sawdust from back home – huon pine, sassafras. Myrtle, Tassie blackwood and eucalyptus. It smells great and reminds me of home when I used to chop wood when I worked for the forestry in Tasmania.

"I have loads of flyers and leaflets from Tassie, so I can not only plug Shetland, I can promote Tasmania, too. The tourists that come through love it, I should be on commission from the Tassie tourist board.

"We have Aussie tunes blasting out quite regularly and have loads of sounds from the Aussie bush and animals. A lot of folk are really interested in what the Tasmanian Devil sounds like, or a possum for example.

"We’ve also got other little Oz-related stuff like postcards, tea towels, a replica of the Ashes (proudly on display now), bar runners, pottery, AFL stuff, star charts of the Southern Hemisphere and even a possum jaw bone.

"I’m growing some eucalyptus as well. Bloody hard to do that up here, I’ve got one that's about 8ft tall but I’m just worried that a 60ft tree (potentially) might grow on a 45-degree angle with all the wind we have."

4 The Outpost surprises many visitors Credit: Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency

Dave brought The Outpost’s new resident wallabies to the island in December after getting them from a breeder in England.

He said: "The tricky part was getting them here. It took a lot of phone calls and emails to find someone who could transport them up to Aberdeen.

"Finally, we got an awesome fella to bring them up to the ferry terminal, they were on the road about six hours, then we put them into our own horse trailer and made the 12-hour ferry ride to Shetland, then another 30 minutes out to Burra to The Outpost.

"It was horrendously windy – force 10 gale and mix of heavy rain and hail, a proper ‘welcome to Shetland’.

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"They have settled down really well to the point that we are almost able to hand-feed and pat them.

"They are Bennett’s wallabies, or red-necked wallabies, and are fairly well suited to the Shetland climate, which surprises a few people.

"They have a fairly plush shelter and a nice bit of ground to move around on. Both are very healthy and doing great, and they are getting to know each other romantically. They are Shetland’s most popular marsupials.”

Dave plans to bring more Australian animals to Shetland and is expecting some emu eggs to be delivered soon.

And he has plans to breed the island’s wallabies.

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