Week 13
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Busty ( Whoops, I think I mean busy! ) week this week as usual. Drove to Port Fairy, near Warnambool to see an old friend who is not very well. This is a two hour drive from Ballarat, across the Western District to the coast. The farmers in this area have planted many wind breaks which provide stock with a shelter from the westerly winds and also can be harvested for timber. For me, they are visually wonderful, with long straight trunks and pom-poms of leaves on the top. I was annoyed that I had not taken the camera with me to capture the light and shade. I have used the trunks in the design, plus a cut end. On Friday night I went to a concert by John Williamson, who sings True Blue and A Home Amongst the Gum Trees amongst others. My favourite song which he sings is Shelter written by Eric Bogle. He is a wonderful musician and sings from the heart. It was an interesting crowd, much different to the usual Ballarat theatre crowd.