Page 105 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 11 February 2020
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At Questacon I learn and make,
There’s thunder, lightning, mass and weight!
Cockington Green
is a world so small,
I feel like a giant,
brave and tall!
Sleepy eyed, we wake at dawn,
And find our way to
Old Parliament lawns.
Balloons lift off and rise above.
A hummingbird, one shaped like love.
Where fires once blazed, some saplings grew.
The Arboretum grows
as we grow too.
From Parliament’s door, the axis is drawn,
To an unknown soldier; for those that mourn.
Poppies placed by old and young,
Generations remembered; some unsung.
In springtime, tulips rise and open,
The Ferris wheel at last in motion.
In summer, picnics fill the park,
And fireworks sparkle in the dark.
Canberra is where my heart is full
Of people, places memorable.
Home doesn’t mean a roof and door,
It really is so, so much more.
Home is where you are, you see,
Where is your home, can you tell me?
Madam Speaker, I have a copy of this book available in my office if people would like to view it or share it with their young people or themselves for their great memories of the bush capital, and I take a chance again to congratulate Samantha Tidy and Juliette Dudley for breaking Canberra’s bubble to make sure that politicians who visit the ACT know that it is so much more than what they see when they visit. Thank you.
Gungahlin sports and recreation fair
MR MILLIGAN (Yerrabi) (5.23): I want to speak briefly today on a fantastic community event I attended recently, the Gungahlin sports and recreation fair,
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