In the paddock
John Brown stands lonely
by a red gravel road.
A reasonable account of happenings that would otherwise go unrecounted
John Brown stands lonely
by a red gravel road.
Perched atop the dunes, I watched the light of a waxing crescent moon dance on dark waters.
Continue readingLee side of the dunes / where Jim McDonnell’s hut once stood / midafternoon the big blue looms overhead and behind.
Continue readingA series of speculative sketches on the various meanings that can be read into a trail left in the ground.
Continue readingMy grandmother assumed this aspect nearly forty years previous – easel, paint, tea in a thermos perhaps, two-year-old Easter eggs for sure.
Continue readingOverlooking green paddocks and a Menna Gum laneway my snug weekender sometimes smells like sausage fat but always of black coffee.
Continue readingRain cloud rainbow / Blue white, blue grey, blue black / Crows picking through bracken fields
Continue readingCut by hoof, paw and thumping tailthe trail leads into shadow. Damp grass and scrubby limbs lay sodden and spongey.
Continue readingA map outlining the coastal trail walk from Harmers Haven to Wonthaggi undertaken on 6 June 2017.
Continue readingNahla’s brown fur is bathed in the soft light of late autumn. She surveys her domain, eyes alert for signs of movement.
Continue readingThis work was developed on the unceded lands and waterways of the Bunurong and Woi Wurrung language groups of the Eastern Kulin nations. Much of the fieldwork, including visitation, writing and documentation, was undertaken on the lands of the Yallock-Bulluk clan of the Bunurong people.
The Bunurong people are the first storytellers of these lands. Their sovereignty was never ceded. This is, and always will be Aboriginal Land.
I respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In terms of my position as a visitor on those lands, I state my lineage and purpose. I am Rees Quilford. I am a fourth-generation settler of Welsh-Irish descent. I am a writer, communications professional and a PhD candidate with RMIT University.
I was born and currently live on Bunurong land. I try to tread lightly, understand my place and listen to what it’s telling me.