Kute with a K

MELLOW YELLOW MONDAY
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KUTE WITH A 'K'

Africans have their impala;

We are happy with our koala.

Our animals aren't quite as wild;

This one here is meek and mild.

This traveler on his cycling trip

Has built-up a relationship

With this fellow who, I think,

Must be desperate for a drink.

Usually koalas slake

Their thirst, not from a tap or lake,

But merely from the leaves they chew,

As a sort of leafy dew.

(We get mad if someone dares

To call our cute koalas 'bears!)

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GOLDEN CEILING

This ceiling, at The Civic has a little tale to tell,

For it isn't the original, although it mimics well.

The decoration first placed there ninety years ago

Was admired by everyone who came to watch a show.

An example of Art Deco, it was put away in store

When a Japanese invasion threatened in the War.

After the War when everything was chosen for repair,

The lovely Art Deco ceiling simply wasn't there!

And, to this day, nobody knows exactly where it went!

So in due course a replica was made to represent

The artistry of a bygone age on which disaster fell.

And looking up at it I felt it's done it's job quite well.

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PS

Harry's school is the oldest in Australia so it's not surprising that its fair was a Colonial one. It was very well attended and a lot of the children were dressed in 'colonial outfits.

Here the school band was preparing to play,

I thought Max and Harry looked great in their outfits.

And I got a nice shot of daughter-in-law Michelle as well. She and Greg were on the Sausage-Sizzle stall.