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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)
Feb
14
Valentine's Day
A delicate, pink frosted Valentine's cake topped with a yellow marzipan rose. The cake, which bears the words St. Valentine in crude writing, has a deep straight cut right through the middle and a scorched dark spot on its side. On the right a rusty knife. DP: Russell Boyd.
“On Saturday 14th February 1900, a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon, several members of the party disappeared without trace.”
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)
Nov
26
Valentine's cake – alfresco
A piece of cake. With teeny tiny ants crawling all over it. Awww! DP: Russell Boyd.
“This we do for pleasure, so that we may shortly be at the mercy of venomous snakes and poisonous ants. How foolish can human creatures be.”
– Miss McCraw
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)
Nov
26
World Lewis Day
A koala high up in a tree, observing one of the rescue operations. DP: Russell Boyd.
It's not possible to be in nature, one can only be absorbed by it.
“The vicinity is reknowned for its venomous snakes and poisonous ants of various species. It is, however, a geological marvel.”
– Mrs. Appleyard
