What part of Australia are you in? Do you get galah, too? and fairy wrens? and bee-eaters?
I was lucky enough to spend a semester on the Sunshine Coast... where we were awakened every morning by magpie larks, which "was really cool at first, tropical and such. Then, you wonder why you didn't bring your shotgun."
I wouldn't want to live there permanently, but I definitely miss the colorful bird life!