Budgies transform Red Centre into a sea of green and gold updated 12 Budgies are in abundance in the Red Centre, thanks to plentiful summer rains. ( Share Print text only Cancel Waterholes in the Red Centre have been transformed into a lush oasis for Australia's iconic green and gold budgerigar. Key points: Central Australian budgie numbers have exploded, thanks to the wettest summer in a decade Tugan Woodley, a specialist bird keeper at the Alice Springs Desert Park, says conditions are perfect for the green and gold birds Budgies are flocking to remote waterholes outside of Alice Springs to drink, feed on native grasses and breed