western australia

A mural of kookaburras

@JudyEv (381925)

Rockingham, Australia

August 19, 2024 1:22am CST

We visited our old home town of Narrogin on Saturday and got there just on lunch time so we called into a café fo get something to eat. Many of the shops have closed and it’s all very different from the 1960s when we lived there. Vince had salt and pepper squid, I and my sister-in-law had seafood baskets and my brother-in-law had a hamburger. The café was in an arcade but few of the shops were open. On the wall of the arcade was the mural you can see in the photo. The kookaburras are a bit stylised but they look good. The message is written in Noongar language and in English. There are a lot of indigenous people in the area and it's good to see signs in both languages although very few 'whites' would know any aboriginal words.

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@xFiacre (14795)

• Ireland

19 Aug 24

@judyev Oh now you’ve got me going with mention of salt and pepper squid. And the word kookaburra propels me back to school choir

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@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

19 Aug 24

@JudyEv And Canada.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Aug 24

Years ago, on myLot, I couldn't believe the number of members, in most countries, who hadn't learnt that kookaburra song - Kookaburra Sings in the old Gum Tree.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Aug 24

@xFiacre All the US people seemed to know it too.

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@Orson_Kart (8261)

• United Kingdom

19 Aug 24

Like others have said: I remember the round we used to sing at school: Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree…… Never seen one though.

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@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

20 Aug 24

@JudyEv Quite unique looks of the bird. I wonder what made one name the Cricket balls after them though!

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@Orson_Kart (8261)

• United Kingdom

21 Aug 24

@JudyEv Thanks for putting up a photo for me.

Why did you have to rescue it from the trough? Are they not very agile, or was it old an decrepit?

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Aug 24

We used to see them when we lived in Donnybrook. I rescued one from a horse-trough once. The water had got a bit low and he fell in. I scooped him out with a bucket and he waddled off. His feathers would have been saturated. When I went back later, he'd gone so I guess he dried off in time. After that, we put a lot in all the troughs so birds could climb out if they got stuck. The one was in a caravan park.

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@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

20 Aug 24

I heard about "Noongar" for the first time. My knowledge about Kookaburras originated from the fact that the Hard Red and White Cricket Balls being used in Australia have this name. They have a particular hardness and Seam arrangement which is distinct from the "SG" used in India and "Duke" used in England. I haven't seen a Kookaburra in reality, not even in a zoo I suppose.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Aug 24

They are also called a 'laughing jackass' as their call sounds a bit like laughter. That's interesting about the cricket balls. Kookaburra is very distinctly Australian.

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@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

23 Aug 24

Are these kookaburras sitting in an old gum tree (branch)

? I imagine the area has changed a lot since the 60s (we were kids of the 70s here and tons have changed). Ohhh, I wonder what Noongar "sounds" like!

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@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

23 Aug 24

@JudyEv I learned the song from an old Disney chidrens world choir album . . . back then I don't think I realized "kookaburra" was a bird

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Aug 24

I'm pretty sure you learnt the song, didn't you?

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@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

20 Aug 24

Now..I have heard the term Judy..thanks for this.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Aug 24

The aborigines have a great many language; very few of which are written down.

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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

23 Aug 24

I loved the old song about kookaburras singing in the old gum tree. We sang it in elementary school.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Aug 24

It seems all American and Canadian myLotters have learnt that song.

@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

19 Aug 24

I'm glad you said they were kookaburras... I wouldn't have recognised them as such.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Aug 24

Luckily I added 'stylised'.

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@snowy22315 (208801)

• United States

19 Aug 24

It looks neat. What did you have? Vince may have my share of squid

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Aug 24

There was fish, prawns and two squid rings. Not fancy but not super expensive also.

@Juliaacv (56227)

• Canada

19 Aug 24

I like to see street art with murals on the side of buildings. They began doing that in the city close to where we used to live when businesses would shut down. It was to add something else to look at instead of looking at empty shop windows.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Aug 24

There seems to be less graffiti too where there are murals.

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@wolfgirl569 (135643)

• Marion, Ohio

19 Aug 24

That is a beautiful mural.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Aug 24

Murals are very popular now in many country towns.

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@RasmaSandra (97957)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

19 Aug 24

Glad you had a chance to walk down memory lane,

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Aug 24

The town has changed a lot but it was still interesting to walk around.

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@Ronrybs (21503)

• London, England

19 Aug 24

The only thing I know about Kookaburras is that their call is used in almost all Hollywood films requiring a jungle setting. The is a cyclist I follow on YouTube, who pedals all over the UK and Europe, called Katie Kookaburra. Wonder where she hails from?

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Aug 24

I haven't noticed their call in jungle settings but I'll take your word for it.

With a name like that, I hope your cyclist comes from Australia. I just had a quick look at her FB but didn't find out where she came from.

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@LindaOHio (222285)

• United States

20 Aug 24

That's a cool mural. Have a good day.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Aug 24

Lots of the small towns have murals around the place nowadays.

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@Beestring (15373)

• Hong Kong

19 Aug 24

The mural looks really nice.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Aug 24

Thanks. I thought it was nice too.

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@jstory07 (148731)

• Roseburg, Oregon

19 Aug 24

The mural of the kookaburras looks really nice.

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@JudyEv (381925)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Aug 24

I thought so too.

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