A bright and sunny morning and amongst the flowering trees br The familiar low toned buzzing of the nectar gathering bees br The pale eyed crow is cawing and the magpie is on song br And the house sparrows familiar chirpings one never can get wrong. br br A morning in December a week from Christmas day br And the nearby newly mown paddocks scent sweetly of fresh hay br And the kookaburras laughter is carrying in the breeze br Today will be a warm one of twenty eight degrees. br br The farm dam near empty the roadside drain is dry br We've not had heavy rainfall since early in July br The warm sun and drying winds it affects can be seen for miles around br And ants of every shape and size crawl on the sun-baked ground. br br Another bright and sunny morning and such mornings now not rare br And the melodious grey shrike thrush whistles his fresh and lovely air br Just two weeks from January 1 and the birth of a new year br In December in Victoria in the Southern Hemisphere.