Australia The Land Of

Australia the land of many races of people and of varied scenery
And home of pittosporums and wattles and many species of gum tree
And home to marsupials and ratites, megapode and monotreme
Such strange and marvellous creatures Down Under to be seen
There are as many bird species in Australia as one could wish to see
Such as parrots, flycatchers, honeyeaters, shrikes, babblers and the butcherbird family
Thornbills and treecreepers and kingfishers, chats, pittas and bowerbirds as well
Lyrebirds, pigeons, shrike thrushes and miners that include the bellbird with song like a tinkling bell
So many species of of waterbird in Australia so many too many to name
But it's amazing wildlife alone is not it's only claim to fame
The descendants of the Dreamtime People in Australia to this day reside
People who in their centuries old culture do feel a justifiable pride
It's Land and flora and fauna and people help to make Australia great
And one can say of Australians that they have much to celebrate.