CONTENTS 



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WHERE: TIME STANDS STILL - . i 



SUMMER RAIN - -.--___ g 



THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - - - . - 11 



THE WELL BELOVED - - - ... 17 



THE SONG OF THE SILVEREYE - - - - - 21 



THE PASSING OF THE GULLY - - . - 24 



DWARF APPLE - - - - 29 



To ADELAIDE BY TRAIN - - - 32 



THE FLAME TREE - . - ... 39 



A BUSH BREAKFAST - ----- 41 



AN OCTOBER DAY - ... 47 



CALLISTEMONS - - - - 51 



THE CITY PARK - - . - 54 



JACKY WINTER - - - 59 



THE NORTHWARD FLIGHT - - . - . 62 



THE ROYAL MANTLE - ... 73 



A HOLIDAY - ... 77 



THERE WAS A CHILD WENT FORTH EVERY DAY - - - 82 



COPPER TIPS - ... ss 



AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES - - - - 90 



THE GORGEOUS GULLY - . - 96 



THE SWEET o' THE YEAR - ... 99 



ON THE REEF -------- 105 



