Here we are in Mallacoota - hopefully not hemmed in by bushfires! - close to the SE corner of 'NSW'. I know, we’re in Victoria, but we couldn’t quite get in to the SE border point of NSW so this will have to suffice. What started out as a trip to Corner Country in the far northweat of NSW grew! Our trip has thus far taken us from the most north-westerly point of NSW to here, the almost south-easterly point. The countryside in between has been quite wonderful in its diversity, colour and form. From parched desert across plains and rivers through tall alpine land to Dorothea’s jewel-seas. What a journey! I feel a poem coming on!
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror
The wide brown land for me!
Dorothea Mackeller 1906
Those May Gibbs Banksia men have had me bluffed all my life. Such ferocious looking seed pods. I'm glad you're safely home for a wee respite and I can imagine a Snuggle & Pie with those luscious figs and your talent with Chook menus.
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