@bron--I love Kookaburras, there is a bird garden near me and I used to take my Dad there to see the birds and the Kookaburras and Gaia Cockatoos were his favourites.
I always felt sorry for them though having come from somewhere beautiful and hot like Australia to end up in cold, wet, Yorkshire.
I also have a little silver kookaburra bead for my trollbeads bracelet that came from Australia and also one with a little tasmanian devil, part of the proceeds for the sale of these went to help research the Tasmanian Devil facial cancer which I understand has devastated the devil population.
Edited--forgot to say, I also have trouble with neck, back and shoulder pain following a car accident that damaged my spine and caused mobility problems--the best thing I have found that helps it is ultrasound on my cervical spine at the top of my neck.
You can buy little machines for home use and they aren't too expensive--handy for when pain killers by themselves aren't enough.
