Tag: Australia
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That Banned Phrase (For those in Queensland (Australia))
That Banned Phrase (For those in Queensland)
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Disasters’R’Us
“You don’t know do you?” My new workmate Jocelyn had turned pale. I’d just told her about my weekend trip. I shook my head. “A tsunami alert has been issued for Cairns,” she said. “What the…” I’d wasted my morning attending orientation courses, meeting managers, stakeholders, etc, the usual first day shenanigans. “Gotta make a phone…
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Who will be tribute this Australia Day?
Let Our National Hunger Games Commence. Again as happens every year, we’re very close to that special ceremony that takes place every Australia Day. For those who may not know, this is the process followed. First we need the nominations. Unlike Australian of the Year and citizenship ceremonies this one occurs almost in secret. But…
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The Conversation Problem
The first hint occurred after a meetup. As we trooped off to the pub, everyone split up. Into their pre-existing groups.
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After the bushfire (a lamentation)
Ahead the greyed road snakes sideways Sunlight dappled left and right plays With the greens of the forest until Dark falls : a bushfires boundary of black. We drive into a grey smoke shadowed forest Peopled by charcoaled trees and deadened branches Silence between us until we reach the town Where there was not a…
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Australia Day
As a country we couldn’t even agree on the width of railways. As a country we can’t even agree on a national day. Or respect those who disagree. Every Australia Day is the same: somebody’s yelling at the immigrants, yelling at the Aboriginals, yelling at all and those who don’t think like you. Every Australia…
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Bang! Crash! Wallop! The Real Game Of Cricket.
Bang! Crash! Wallop! Throbbing music and flashing lights. People stomping, clapping and shouting.
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Roadside : Saturday Afternoon Tragedy
Inspired by the poet William E Stafford Travelling Through The Dark… Mid Saturday afternoon. All of us, Mum, me, two children in the car. Hot, not yet humid but dusty. We had driven from our place into town for shopping, I don’t recall exactly. What happened afterward didn’t much matter. We saw it right after…