Laughing kookaburra recognised: The laughing kookaburra is the largest kingfisher. It is a stout, stocky bird in length, with a large head, prominent brown eyes, and a very large bill. The sexes are very similar, although the female is usually larger and has less blue to the rump than the male. The male weighs and the female . They have a white or cream-coloured body and head with a dark brown stripe across each eye and more faintly over the top of the head. The wings and back are brown with sky blue spots on the shoulders. The tail is rusty reddish-orange
Kookaburra III generated a top flight campaign, comprising an investment of some A$28M. "Kookaburra III" was built in Perth, Western Australia by Parry Boat Builders. She was the third of the Kookaburra boats built by the Taskforce 87 syndicate, all of which were designed by Iain Murray and John Swarbrick. The golden hulled Kookaburra's were fast and evenly matched, particularly "Kookaburra II" and "Kookaburra III". "Kookaburra II" was intended to be a bench mark boat and was left unaltered from May 1986 on, while significant changes went into the hulls and keels of "Kookaburra I" and "Kookaburra III". Throughout "Kookaburra II" remained