Sirocco (Australian band) (four times), Laos, Nepal and Pakistan, and were the first Australian group to tour both Russia and China. Sirocco (Australian band) Sirocco is an Australian music group that began in 1980 with three musicians: Bill O'Toole, Guy Madigan and Andrew de Teliga. In 1981 Michael Atherton joined and the group recorded their first album "Paths of the Wind". They have been nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release in 1987 ("Voyage"), for Best Independent Release in 1990 ("Port of Call") and for Best World Music Album three times, 1995 ("The Wetland Suite"), 1996 ("Stars and Fires") and 1999
Sirocco (parrot) thousands of people. Sirocco appeared at Zealandia wildlife sanctuary in October 2011 and at Maungatautari Ecological Island in 2012. In 2015, he visited Zealandia again for another six week residence. As of Sirocco's 20th birthday on 23 March 2017, his whereabouts were unknown to the team of scientists tasked with performing routine health checks. On 7 February 2018, a release from the Department of Conservation announced that Sirocco had been found and fitted with a new transmitter. In 2009, zoologist Mark Carwardine and television presenter Stephen Fry visited Codfish Island as part of a series for the "Last Chance to