We're out in the forest and what can we see?
A spotted-tail quoll winking at me.
Up high in a branch with big brown eyes
An endangered masked owl - and away she flies.
A platypus searching the river for food
Freshwater giant crayfish, not in the mood!
The ringtails are chirping in the peppermint gum,
A baby wombat out chasing its mum.
Four baby devils yap from their den
And the squeaky bedspring noise of a native hen
The blue tongue lizard is looking quite fab
Sunning itself on a big granite slab.
A wedge-tailed eagle chased by a gull
A day in the forest will never be dull!
The bettongs are sleeping, old echidna wakes
And the snake in the river, no sound does she make
The spider's out hunting, the cicadas screech
And nothing compares to a currawong's speech
The parrots fly swiftly in search of a nest
In the dense native forests where the trees are the best.
How fabulous knowing their lives were all spared
From destruction by industry - because people cared.
The people kept fighting and the government ceded
And looked after our planet because that's what it needed.
Colette Harmsen
Swift parrot photo credit: Rob Blakers
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