| Yes, I acknowledge that the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo is not a universally appreciated bird! But this flock, along Mrs Macquarie's Road, in The Domain, were a gregarious, inquisitive mob. |
| Two of them, at least, have been tagged. "Earth to D48. The coast is clear. Come on down!" |
"Veil of Trees"The creation of a passage of reflection, a space where memory is gathered. Memory is embodied within each glass panel – traces of minerals, ash and seeds of indigenous trees are enclosed together with excerpts of Australian poetry and texts selected for their evocation of the nature of trees. Amidst the translucent glass panels a ribbon of one hundred Red Forest gums – eucalyptus tereticornis – which once forested this site have been planted, each tree grown from the seed of the original Red Forest gums which existed prior to European settlement. Weaving either side of the ribbon of forest and panels clumps of native grasses define the linearity of the passage, engaging the visitor into, along and through this site of regeneration. |
One of the fragments of a poem, this one by Judith Wright called "The Cedars":For it is anguish to be reborn and reborn: |