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It was hard to leave the Cape with its soaring mountain tops,

Those towering over Cape Town, the peaks, the dizzying drops;

And the Hottentots Holland Mountains, rising beyond the trees

In Somerset West, our 'hometown'; which had views very much like these.

South Africa had beaches and beautiful vineyards too,

And a quite delicious climate, so the sky was often blue.

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But

 It was good to arrive in New South Wales to find Lake Macquarie there!

No high mountains, but such beauty that I didn't really care!

The lakes are broad and tranquil, we wander round the shore,

Never thinking of the mountain peaks we loved so much before.

Australia has beaches and beautiful vineyards too,

And a quite delicious climate, so the sky is often blue.

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'As one door closes.....' the saying goes. We have found it to be so.

There's beauty in this lovely world wherever one may go.

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RAIN SONGS

The song of the rain in Autumn

Is the sound of the falling leaves

And the small birds that shelter

Underneath the  eaves.

The song of the rain in Winter

Is the sound of the distant snow

As the chill from the icy mountains

Reaches us  below.

The song of the rain in Springtime

Is a bright and happy tune

The city grows ever greener

On a rainy afternoon.

But the song of the rain in Summer

Is the loveliest song of all

As we lift up our hot, dry faces

And let blessings fall.

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