Oliver of Otterburn arrives Down Under

Message from down under

Monday, 24^th January,2011

This is Oliver of Otterburn, sending in my first message from Australia, Down Under. It certainly is an upside down sort of place.

After a very comfortable flight in my little postbox I suddenly found myself in summertime. I swapped minus 20 degrees C for plus 30 degrees C. I think I might be a little warm in my lovely white fleece.

I am staying with Margaret and Ray, they have a cottage in the suburb of Ryde and the front lawn has plenty of grass, so I won’t go hungry.

I woke up to a warm sunny morning and I was having my breakfast on the

table on

the back deck. A big currawong flew down and cast a beady yellow over me before flying away again.

Then some rainbow lorikeets flew down and perched on the banister. I seemed to cause great consternation when they saw me grazing in the midst of their breadcrumbs.

It took a long time and considerable cackle and carry-on before a couple of them summoned up the courage to approach warily, anyway we all ended up great mates.