And here I was sitting in the #1 seat in the big hall at Macquarie Uni. Might be 20 years too late, but so much fun. Graduation day. My PhD on Soundtrails: awarded a Vice Chancellors commendation.

Soundtrails wishes to celebrate and acknowledge the publication of her new book, "Growing up at Sheep Station Gulley," by local #Inverell artist, writer and #Gomeroi elder, Tanya Connors.
Tanya and her brother, Leroy were instrumental in the production of the #GoonoowigallSoundtrail. Go Tanya!

Travels to Walmajarri Country: a great night - packed house - in Canberra @ Manning Clark House with poet Kerrie Nelson & writer/artist Kim Mahood holding forth on 20 years of cultural mapping with TOs at Mulan and Balgo WA. #culturalmapping #deeptimestories #haikusonbushflies #soundtrails

Vale David Stratton.
In April 2025, I interviewed movie critic, David Stratton for the National Library’s Eminent Australian’s oral history collection.I wish to pay tribute to David as an archivist: as encapsulated in his converted car garage/ personal cinema: 30,000 films & a lifetime of reviews.

"…torn away from the movement of history, then returned; no longer quite life, not yet death, like shells on the shore when the sea of living memory has receded."

Nora, Pierre. "Between Memory and History: Les Lieux De Mémoire." representations 26 (1989) 12
@papola #soundtrails

Democracy sausage + Museum style forays in former PMs offices + cool quizzes on Australian democracy en-route in a long line. Heartening to exercise this right. Voting at old Parliament House rocks!

So slow to cross the coast. Fingers crossed Cyclone Albert will not wreak too much destruction my Qld friends.

Taxim Trio. Jazzy Greek music - my hang out! Smiths Alternative, Canberra

1/2 hour east of Canberra. Its evening. Washing up & my view out the kitchen window. Often the young males are boxing.

Divorce - tick
Settlement - tick
House Sold - tick
Beautiful last weekend in Qld with friends - tick
Oh, and PhD JUST submitted - tick
Bye bye Queensland.
This 60/ 61 y/o- bd tomoz- is now heading to Canberra to see what awaits.