Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Pre School, tagged Archibald Fountain, christmas, Department Store Displays, Hyde Park, Sydney on December 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We journey east
The Season in the City
Joyous, colourful,
Stories unfolding magically
In department store windows.
Magical stories unfold in shopfront windows
Christmas pedestrian traffic
Hazardous for tots.
So many people, all so tall.
I’m lost in this forest.
Through moving limbs
I spy Roger heading my way.
Relief.
Through the moving limbs of suited men I spied Roger coming along this path
Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Penrith Primary, tagged AMP Building, circular quay, observation deck, skyscraper, Sydney on February 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Trips to Sydney created excitement.
The anticipation fulfilled
By city rich in distractions.
Today (in 1964)… off to the top.
Australia’s tallest building.
Australia's tallest building (1964) - The AMP Building - 117 metres
Address forms a rhythmic chant:
Ay-Em-Pee at Circ-ular-Quay.
Looking up, it sways, dances to the chant.
Top floor observatory.
Beautiful Sydney stretches endlessy.
Look!! Mum!! … Roge!! …
Looking up it was so tall it looked like it was swaying.
Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Penrith Infants, Pre School, tagged father & son, fruit shop, markets, Parramatta Rd, Sydney on February 1, 2012| 2 Comments »
Outside Paddy's: I remember it as much more chaotic than this - inside it was bedlam.
Depart in dark for market to buy produce.
Haymarket.
Big men in long leather aprons, faces scarred, fingers missing, rolling smokes, – carrying sacks, pushing barrows,
Fast shouts of traders – buying, selling – language colourful.
A place for men …
I’m in big school!!!
Job done, truck full, head west – Roge ‘n me.
365 Short Memories 