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Seabird she flies ....

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| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | the story of a woman, a man, love & loss.... \ Contents Notta Lotta Love Easy Rider Millennium Madness White Out --------------------- Chapter 1 Notta Lotta Love Jeremy sat atop Mount Bobbara, taking in the unrestricted panoramic view from 1,000 feet above the rolling, tree covered hills and ploughed fields which peeled off in every direction towards the horizon. Only the town of Binalong to the east was discernible, though largely hidden amongst a blanket of eucalyptus. Above him the big sky was a deep blue with endlessly intriguing formations of cotton ball clouds beyond reach in a sea of tranquility. There would not be any storms today, only a slow moving cigar, a car, a coral tree and a cat. He saw them all as he stared aimlessly at those mysterious and sometimes ominous white clumps of moisture.  Being of a recently retired disposition, Jeremy was no longer constrained by the 9 to 5; the need to don the...

Dada in Australia

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  | Dada in Australia | First International Dada Fair, Berlin 1920 | Dada?!@#$% Dada - A new cult. Abolish everything! ( The Age , Melbourne, 1920) Dada is a rebellious, playful state of mind (Tristan Tzara 1922). DOWN/unda The death on 22 April 2023 of Australian comedian Barry Humphries (1934-2023) brought to a close an episode in antipodean history during which the early twentieth century avant-garde art and anarchic social movement Dada found local expression in the post-World War II period, through art, comedic performance and multi-faceted characterizations, most notably in the form of Humphries' Melbourne-based stunts and practical jokes, culminating in the creation of alter  egos Dame Edna Everidge and Sir Les Paterson. The first element of Humphries' career as a performer on the public stage was celebrated during 1993 by the National Gallery of Australia's smallish side exhibition Big - Barry Humphries: Dada Artist , a supplement to the blockbuste...