Town (July)

Wednesday drive past freeway turnoffs, blue hills. The gorgeous town surrounded by gorges. We're driven to the madhouse, but their ghost tour is closed. Endless wait in tearooms while staff go for more pikelet mixture. July light dignifies golden granite buildings. Every flowering tree is represented in jars at the honey shop. Time for the bookshop when the girls find the clothes shops. Wine cellar closed Wednesdays. The historic church is all in order: ten minutes silence. Pies at the bakery. Like kids in the lolly shop, all of us. 'Old Goal' where felons did dwell, and do. Home again.

Town

                    araldited antiques

blunt burnoff

         cemetery countryside

       deserted diner

                          eucalyptus everywhere

  flagless flagpole

                        gallery garden

           historic hotel

                        invading insects

        jokester jackaroos

     kookaburra korroborees

                                       lazy lanes

                  military memorial

new neighbourhood

     overtaken orchard

   provincial powernap

                                quartz quarry

      roadsigns roundabout

                       store specials

  tea-time tennis

  unregistered utilities

                   viridian verandas

wonderful wattles

                     ex-army extras

     yes yabbies

                     zinnia zone