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| '...they journeyed to the Karafe wetlands behind Pt Impossible when the shearwater laid eggs in burrow nests ...' |
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| Karafe-1 by John Bartlett, 2003. |
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From the hills to the sea
from those heaven-hugging You-Yangs to the east
they journeyed to the Karafe wetlands behind Pt Impossible
when the shearwater laid eggs in burrow nests
they sat in the soft hollows of the breasted-dunes
on shell-fish feasted - kooderoo, moorabool, and barrabool
on low fires roasted - dora, yabbi and wiitji
the names still echo in the dunes like prayers
their soft footprints in the sand
erased now by the ‘Torquay Sands’ development
eighteen-hole golf course and sleek condominiums rising from the wetlands
where tired red-eyed bulldozers blink in the dust
whinging-whining seven days a week
with bunkers, greens and a clubhouse
covering the tracks of those Wathaurong
forever gone.
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| '... they sat in the soft hollows of the breasted-dunes, on shell-fish feasted - kooderoo, moorabool, and barrabool ...' |
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| Karafe-2 by John Bartlett, 2003. |
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Copyright John Bartlett 2003
Fixed 20 March 2003
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