Day 53 2015: After all is said and done...

Day 53: ...laugh, kookaburra, laugh.

It is said we have a wry sense of humour when it comes to natural disasters here in Queensland. The morning after the cyclone wandered off the Coast, there was sunlight, smashed buildings, flooded roads, and the 'it'll be OK' attitude we tend to take on these things. 

Yesterday, dear reader, you will recall it was the time of the lorikeets. Early this morning, it was time for the kookaburras, not so much sitting in the old gum tree...

Shake a tail feather...

Eye of the kooka

...but on the back veranda, looking at me...

Laugh, or else...

...and me looking at them. They are magnificent birds and they can only help to make us 'laugh, kookaburra, laugh'. And yes, it is a tune we all grew up with and one that is part of our national culture. It belongs to all of us.

[Camera : Canon EOS 60D, 75-300mm, 7.19am, 7.31am]