January 26th is Australia Day!!

This week in playschool we are celebrating Australia Day! It is celebrated annually on January 26th to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet of ships that sailed from Great Britain to establish the first European colony in Australia.

Below is a famous nursery rhyme that comes from Australia.
It is about the Kookaburra (an Australian Kingfisher).

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me.

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That's not a monkey that's me.

*This is a slower version of the song.