The weeks go by so quickly. We had an almost riotously fun Australia Day award ceremony at the Triabunna Community Hall. There was only one award. To Gavan and David, the couple who drove the refurbishment of the Hall and the quality of the now defunct Orford Odeon monthly movies.
We went all out with the decorations.
The energy level was so high my photos are blurry. Here's the Mayor congratulating Her Royal Highness the Sun Queen on her reading of the Council chosen poem. Both Judy HRH and I thought the poem was the low point of the ceremony. Judy delivered it with wit and style but it was one of those blokey paeons to mateship, sport and even the technicolour yawn. The only references to other than blokes were Cathy Freeman and Dawn Fraser. A yawn indeed.
Ange Boxall was wonderful as usual.
Then it was Trish from yoga who is a neighbour of David and Gavan's and was a stalwart of the Orford Odeon.
Finally they got their award
and to everyone's surprise, Gavan made the acceptance speech. Gavan is the invisible technical whiz who handled that side of the Orford Odeon productions and had even set up the Hall for this Australia Day event. David is the quick witted clown and showman and usual front man. They were described at some time through the event as 'possibly Triabunna's favourite couple', a tribute to them and the town.
In addition to some clowning from David in the wings, the official photographer provoked huge amusement as he darted around on stage, weaving in and out of the participants in a very self absorbed way. We were in hysterics. But I bet his photos are better than mine.
Oh you have so much fun in Tribes!!!! Inexplicably, Steve missed out once again on an Order of Australia. The closest our celebrations got was the serving of his coffee in a mug adorned with the map of Australia which I gave him when he became an Aussie. Not sure he would have enjoyed the poem though.
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