I was outside the warehouse and heard this strange sound in the trees. So I asked someone what it was. Oh, that's the tui bird.
Well, imagine the sound of a sweet note saying "tui, tui". And that is followed by the sound of an asthmatic cough into plastic down pipe. This is followed by a sound like hitting your cupped hand on the opening of the same down-pipe. Interesting.
It reminded me of my mate on an island in Moreton Bay.
He has decking out on the first floor of the house. That's the one above ground level, in case your english is different to mine.
He has the barbie out there and near where you would but the bin with the beer there is plastic down pipe attached to the outside of the railing. It terminates just above the recycle bin below on the ground.
When you finish your tinnie, you get another one and drop the empty one down the pipe. That is exactly the sound this bird makes.
Fond memories of lost afternoons on the island.
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