No long story today - but a "twofer" on local birdlife which can't be bad.

Kookaburra and Cockatoo to be precise.

Seen on a trip down the Great Pacific Highway south about 70 miles from Epping/Sydney, to the area around the porty of Wollongong and Mt Kurea.

Lunch at a pub that was a temple to football (ie soccer) in Australia - it is owned by the family of John Warren who is to Aussies what Booby Moore or Pele are to England or Brazil.

Tropical storms from Queensland are approaching the nSW/Sydney area over the next two days. Time for retail therapy in giant malls - and if it's safe to venture outside, perhaops a gallery or museum...