Poem 7 of 230: RECENT HISTORY
There’s a place called Sovereign Hill
(Nigh the city of Ballarat),
With gold-rush representations -
And they’re authentic ones at that.
You can pan for gold at the creek,
Write some lines with inkwell and quill,
See bread baked the colonial way
Or a blacksmith at his anvil.
There’s a (pre-plastics) bowling lane
(With everything made in wood),
A painted-photo studio,
And two hotels built as they stood.
Visit the timber cottages
(Via front-gardens of the day),
Read-up on mining history,
Or watch costumed-revellers play.
And, just beside the “old” village,
Should you decide to see some more,
There’s homely accommodation;
But heed - Kooris came long before.
(C) David Franks 2003
There’s a place called Sovereign Hill
(Nigh the city of Ballarat),
With gold-rush representations -
And they’re authentic ones at that.
You can pan for gold at the creek,
Write some lines with inkwell and quill,
See bread baked the colonial way
Or a blacksmith at his anvil.
There’s a (pre-plastics) bowling lane
(With everything made in wood),
A painted-photo studio,
And two hotels built as they stood.
Visit the timber cottages
(Via front-gardens of the day),
Read-up on mining history,
Or watch costumed-revellers play.
And, just beside the “old” village,
Should you decide to see some more,
There’s homely accommodation;
But heed - Kooris came long before.
(C) David Franks 2003
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| Y.H. Association stamp from January 1988 |
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