tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59438069948760918782011-07-31T11:25:20.290+10:00Under the Dig TreeLandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740143440087635215noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943806994876091878.post-69207904025870208772010-09-07T12:15:00.000+10:002010-09-07T12:15:06.603+10:00Lamingtons come to GalwayIt's amazing what Burke and Wills are responsible for. Check out this extract from a blog by winemaker Yalumba.
“But I’m in the Old Town on Shop Street (called that because this is where all the old shops are) right now, just a couple of doors down from Griffin’s Bakery. As I was walking past, they had what looked like lamingtons in the window and I went in to ask about them – and sure enough – Landahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740143440087635215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943806994876091878.post-44637802953134399972010-08-04T18:46:00.000+10:002010-08-04T18:46:37.945+10:0019 menRobert O'Hara Burke left Melbourne 150 years ago this month with a party of 19, including himself. That's about the size of a footy team, which got me thinking that there are some similarities between Burke's Victorian Exploring Expedition and an AFL team down on its luck.
When you aren't winning - what do you do? You keep making changes to your side. Burke started dropping players before the Landahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740143440087635215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943806994876091878.post-81349734270971063772010-05-16T18:18:00.003+10:002010-06-27T01:48:08.551+10:00Thoughts on the Dig Tree How wonderful it has been to see so many beautiful photos of the life-giving floodwaters surging through Australia’s northern Channel Country towards Lake Eyre. The country that the waters are flowing through includes one of our most significant heritage sites: The Dig Tree.
This coolabah tree, situated on the north shore of Coopers Creek, has lived for over 150 years. It has born witness to Landahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740143440087635215noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943806994876091878.post-47239183256443644012010-05-16T18:02:00.001+10:002010-05-16T23:26:59.573+10:00Musings on the mythWhy is the story of Burke and Wills so important in the Australian psyche? Manning Clark, one of our most notable historians, had this to say:
The story of Burke and Wills could be told to illustrate many things about life. Like all great stories it had everything. It had a mighty spirit, Robert O’Hara Burke, destroyed by a ‘fatal flaw’. It could told to show that when chance conspires with a Landahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740143440087635215noreply@blogger.com0