Terry, you've hit the nail right on the head! There is NOTHING like waking up to an Australian sunrise with the dawn chorus bellowing away for all its worth! Because of the heat, most of our birds are active in the very early hours and then siesta through much of the day till dusk. We have hardly any dusk: it takes about an hour for the sun to set completely, so there's only a smallish window in which you can see everything at once.
Oh, imagine the fun we could have if we had a massive PF campout!