Daylesford
Bristling block of almost city
Either end eases off to country.
Cafes, clobber, art, books,
Pottery, haircuts, furniture chic.
Two-storey bank buildings,
Rex theatre, up an arcade.
Two glistening fountains, one
down the post office end, one near
the chainsaw shop, viewable
from a corner table at the Taj.
Wombat Hill looming over
The Convent's grey balconies.
Mauve kissmequicks, agapanthus
and bluebells bursting from the soil,
Swiss-Italian planted pines,
elms, red oaks, copper beeches
sharing grassy gullies and ridges
with mannagums, candlebarks.
Just a country town but not
a dormitory town; no city-linked train
since 1974. Knows the value of parades
at New Year and Chillout Festival
All generally welcome somewhere
under its Rainbow.
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12.4.17
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