The Sounds of Australia

I have been reading through a book about Australia called The Little Book of Australia by David Dale. There is a section about the sounds of Australia and a lot of them I can say that I have heard since being here. I thought it was a neat and interesting mental image and I thought it might give some of you a different take on what life is like here for me.

Here is a list of some of the sounds from the list that I hear in my everyday life in Australia:

lorikeets

a didgeridoo

rain on a corrugated iron roof

cows complaining as you try to make them get off the road

a flock of galahs coming in before sunset

cicadas drumming on a summer night

a car on a gravel road

a screen door slamming

geckos chattering on the ceiling

the hiss of milk frothed by a cappuccino machine

garbos (garbage men) hurling bins around at 6am

the screech of a cockatoo before a storm

magpies warbling

the whine of a mosquito on a steamy night

kookaburras

flying foxes (fruit bats) fighting over fruit

possums bounding across your roof under a midnight moon