An Aussie Night Before Christmas

We have enjoyed finding books by Australian authors. And believe me it's not easy as the library closest to us doesn't put the children's books in any order. We know they're out there, we just have to go through a lot of books to find them. This has been one of our favorites. Ray has enjoyed reading it in the best Aussie voice he can muster, which has improved considerably since we first came here. Here's a line from the book:

Guess what had woken us up
from our snooze.
But a rusty old ute
pulled by eight mighty 'roos.
The cheerful man driving was giggling with glee,
And we both knew at once
who this plump bloke must be.