This is one fantastic card! Such pretty colors and a very interesting bird. I really love this card and was definitely a great surprise!
Some info on the Kookaburra: The Kookaburras belong to the family of the Kingfishers and are native to Australia and New Guinea, but only the Australian one is famous for its unmistakable laughing call. They feed on insects, snakes, frogs and other small animals.
source: postcard
I got very curious about the laugh so I searched for it and listened it. Haha, that is one funny bird call!
See this video to hear it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc_-icFHwQo&feature=fvw
Thank you so much for this beautiful postcard Mags!
Regards,
Wesley
Distance: 16,555 km (10,287 miles)
Travel time: 8 days
This is what I hear every single day when I hang my washing!
As a child we sang a song:
Kookaburra sits in the old gym tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he!
Laugh, kookaburra laugh, kookaburra
Gay your life must be!
Of course that was back when 'gay' just meant happy!
We sang it in the round so half the school would start singing and when they finished the first line, the rest of the school would start singing it.