Victoria Theatre lives again...

Amazingly, the oldest theatre still standing
in NSW is not in Sydney, but to the north, in Newcastle...
The 66 by 40 feet stage was huge for its time, much bigger than anything Sydney offered. There were even 12 dressing rooms.
The Victoria Theatre opened in 1876. https://t.co/oXWDhAPZQi pic.twitter.com/yRRAwoldHs

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 22, 2021

blackbird art...

blank slate path
just swept
of autumn leaves
blackbird flings
his special art #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 22, 2021

calling...

winter's night
my little furball
in the unlit doorway
calls forlornly
to the darkness #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 21, 2021

soft fall of dawn rain...

soft fall of
dawn rain
crossed with
vibrant waves
of red light#tanka pic.twitter.com/Ee3rzwRAHE

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 20, 2021

arrested clouds...

arrested clouds
clip art symbols of
politicised victims #haiku pic.twitter.com/yeNDDnEBqy

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 19, 2021

no man's land...

no man's land
aimless thoughts
locked in
some drought-ravaged
desert #tanka pic.twitter.com/UErpk7AXBL

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 18, 2021

new horizons...

new horizons
waiting to
walk the dream #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 17, 2021

Dracula's Castle challenges COVID...

DRACULA'S CASTLE IS BUSY: A bizarre sense of humour happening here...
Or it just a golden opportunity to inflate tourist attention?
People who get the shot also receive a fanged “vaccine diploma” and free entry to the castle’s medieval torture exhibit. https://t.co/0TjInUJgZJ pic.twitter.com/Gi9jebj8nB

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 16, 2021

Siberian merchant's 1913 house...

Extraordinary wood carving...
Nooks of magic everywhere...
Siberia, you have style... https://t.co/NTYxqgPgjC

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 16, 2021

through a cellist's eye...

through a cellist's eye
I become
the wind
serenading
autumn leaves #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 16, 2021