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Dhungala

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Recently I snuck away on my own for a deliciously solitary four days in Echuca, where I lived and taught in the eighties for six years. The main objective was to do research for a personal narrative travel article on the Murray River. I'm still working on the words, but here are some pics to go on with ...

Sleeping Beauty

I dash across Flinders Street when the lights change and down into the station, fingers crossed there will be a train; I don’t feel like waiting around in the cold. My first Society of Editors dinner meeting has been enjoyable and I’m grateful for being seated between the friendly Jan and Robyn. But now I am tired. All that emotional energy involved in turning up to an unfamiliar gig on your own. The gods have been kind and I sit by the window in a six-booth. It’s empty. Good. I settle in to read the material for tomorrow’s uni class. However, the girl behind is relaying today’s psychology lecture to her boyfriend. I decide that learning about the effects of loading rats and birds up with testosterone and observing their behaviour is fascinating. Will the dominant black rat be tricked if they paint the docile white one a different colour? I close my reader and tune in. At Melbourne Central a man sits on the seat two up from me. We make brief eye contact before he unfurls his MX. He

Goolwa again

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The barrages at Goolwa. Closing up the barrages after the flooding has subsided. Into the lock and through the barrages. A seal doing a bit of sunbaking! The Mouth of the Murray. The Coorong. Perfect day for a boat ride. Off exploring on the Spirit of the Coorong. Rhonda enjoying her Coorong experience. Mouth of the Murray to the right. Opposite the Mouth of the Murray. A walk over the sand dunes at the Coorong. Our transport around the Coorong. Who’s taking a photo of who? Rhonda et moi. A wonderful sight! Wha? Very happy to finally visit the Mouth of the Murray – having lived in Echuca for six years and fallen in love with the river. Pipis anyone. Cockles, cockles and more cockles. Egret. And again. Goolwa at dusk. Sunrise on our last day. So hard to leave such a beautiful place. Four terns and a couple of cormorants!