Over the last couple of months I've had the opportunity to write a few articles on various subjects for the ABC's online opinion pages at
The Drum.
Today they've published a piece I wrote after seeing the
Sydney Theatre Company's production of Kate Grenville's wonderful novel,
The Secret River.
I won't go into detail here about how both the book and the play affected me. You can read it
at The Drum.
What I thought might be interesting is to share some photos of the place I talk about in the piece. A headland ten minutes from the heart of Sydney's CBD, still rich with the traces of the people who lived here for thousands of years, the Cameraygal.
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The entrance to the Gadyan Track. |
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The sandy cove beneath the rock shelf and carving. |
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Sandstone carving. You can still see the 4 round scars left by the park bench. |
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Stands of red gums. |
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The red gums' flesh glows in the afternoon light. |
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The shoreline of sandstone and oysters. |
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The storyboard asks you to 'Imagine this scene in 1787' and sketches the headlands of Balmain, Mort Bay, White Bay. |
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The setting for the final scene in my novel. |
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