The Bilby’s cute-long

bunny ears

remind us Easter’s

almost here.

These experts

burrow in the ground

where grubs and roots

for food are found.

Their dainty

pinkly pointy snouts

are perfect probes

to sniff things out.

With squeaky snuffles

snorts and grunts,

they’d help us with those

Choc-Egg hunts!

Bilby Nose by Celia Berrell

Please check out this article:

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/

It’s a dog’s life

Quick and alert,
sincere and intelligent.
Brings things home
or stays out late.

Gets into mischief,
Sniffs-out the new.
Bolts down food
until too full to move.

Admired for loyalty,
brave personality.
Always protecting
immediate family.

Laze-round all day,
work hard or learn tricks.
Dog or dog-person
you’ll find this list fits!

Don’t Hug an Echidna

I kid ya not, Echidnas be
more strange than even you or me.
She digs a den and makes a nest
then lays an egg – like bird, not beast.

Now if you see her in the bush
don’t pick her up in loving rush.
As much as she might like a hug
to try it – well – you’d be a mug!

It’s not her teeth, her mouth’s too small.
Her snout is long, and so’s her tongue.
It’s not her claws, but DO take care.
They’re very big and like to dig.

It’s not the fur upon her belly
or beady eyes that look so merry.
It’s just her coat can never tickle.
It’s made of spikes that jab and prickle.

She’s very shy and curls up tight
whenever there’s a threat or fright.
And hidden in nest’s leafy muddle,
a hatching pudgy baby puggle.

by Celia Berrell

 Red gum; snow gum

mountain ash and ghost gum.

Smooth bark; rough bark

stringy bark and ironbark.

Eucalypts are Aussie trees

with properties to fight disease.

Their slender crescent lolling leaves

will sigh upon a lazy breeze.

But just one thing we must refute:

although a “gumnut” sounds quite cute,

these trees have seeds in hardened suits.

They DON’T have nuts.

These trees have FRUIT!

by Celia Berrell