\&gt; eyes constantly just elicits a "yeah lol".

Did you watch the video....far more than a "yeah lol" in that :)

\&gt; I hope to visit someday because the whole place sounds great. I might ask for an export license to bring along the shotgun though.

Magpies are a protected native species. A yank, a gun and a dead magpie...you'll be the leading item on all the network news. Will be clips of you getting dragged away to the cells with your bleeding magpie eyes staring blankly out wondering what dystopian world you've landed in :)

Killing a magpie or importing fruit. The two biggest crimes in Australia.