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\"Bush<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dylan<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Long<\/a><\/p>\n

\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dylan<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sitting<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Gracie<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Surveying<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/a><\/p>\n

Following an old bush track we came upon a metal gate which opened onto a cloudless sky. Our thrill at scaling the locked barrier only slightly dampened by the friendly sign suggesting the gate not be left open.<\/p>\n

The sun glittered off rooftops in miniature below, I never realised that sight was uniquely Australian until our housemates remarked on it, I think they found the naked metal vaguely appalling and crude. But there is something lovely about a corrugated roof hugged by silver gums, and the bedtime sound of rain pattering on its ripples is a memory that gently drifts me back to childhood snug under the covers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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