There are 365 days per year of national pride for me as an Australian but even more pride today because it is January 26th, Australia Day. It is a Public Holiday and one of celebration of the great country we have, our character, our heritage and our relaxed lifestyle. We are known around the World for our unique wildlife so today I am adding some photos from my collection. The kookaburra “Chucky” and the young koala were photographed at a wildlife presentation by Chris Humphrey of Wild Action. I hope you have a Happy Australia Day wherever you are.
I was born in Bendigio, Victoria, Australia and attended a 13 student Rural School, Muskerry East Primary. I was a boarder at Girton CEGGS in Bendigo for my seconday Schooling.I trained at Bendigo and Coburg Teachers Colleges before beginning teaching in Melbourne in 1975. I taught a variety of Primary classes before beginning Art teaching in 1986. I am currently in my 26th year of teaching Visual Arts and my 24th year at Taylors Lakes Primary School which is in outer north-west Melbourne, Australia. I am married with three children and outside teaching am a keen member of Rotary International. Besides my passion for Art I have keen interests in photography, travel and in Learning Technologies.
March 12, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Cool. I would never ever get to hold a kookaburra,I’ve never ever seen one even.I did draw one day too. It was hard:)
Bhavi 5CD
March 14, 2012 at 10:46 am
Hello Bhavi,
Thank you so much for your Blog comments about the Kookabarra. They are a bird which can become quite tame so I have been lucky to see them up close quite a few times. They are also to be seen sitting on power lines watching out for prey. Keep a look out next time you are travelling along country roads. I’ll do some research and ask how much it would be to get them to visit us at school.
Very Best Wishes from
Mrs Osborn.