With daughter and dog minding the fort, Mr Gums and I headed out last weekend to Central Australia where we are spending ten or so days escaping the wintry south. It is an interesting place to visit, geologically, botanically and culturally; it is where we urban Aussies come across more indigenous people than we usually … Continue reading Some thoughts from Centralia
First Nations Australians
A day of gritty viewing
I went to two films today: Mary and Max this afternoon and Samson and Delilah this evening. Hmmm...both films are named for their two main characters. What an interesting coincidence. Both films are also slow-paced aiming, I think, to give a sense of "real time" but, while Mary and Max is a highly verbal film, Samson … Continue reading A day of gritty viewing
Boori (Monty) Pryor, Maybe tomorrow
Boori Pryor I wonder why I didn't read this book when it was published about 10 years ago? In the 1960s, when I was in my teens, I read poems like Kath Walker's (later Oodgeroo Noonuccal) We are going; in the 1970s when I was at university it was more academic works such as the … Continue reading Boori (Monty) Pryor, Maybe tomorrow
Whispering Gums 