Fine Feathered Friends

You know, days can go by here without me thinking much about the fact that I’m in Australia. I mean, I know I’m in Melbourne, but everybody speaks my language and people look more or less the same, and I have a passing acquaintance with the characters on the soaps (though Neighbours has really jumped the shark – how much evil can Paul do in one lifetime?)

But then I see something that reminds me that I’m a long way from home. We don’t get birds like this flying around Dublin.

PS These were taken just outside the library, so that's another reason to love it: the wildlife!