August 2024
What a cold winter it has been, but the Cloudcatchers held their winter ginko none-the-less, at a coastal venue – the home of one of our long-time members, Angela Smith, just south of Byron Bay on the far north coast of New South Wales. The grounds extend down a steep slope to a coastal reserve by the beach, with the sea breezes in our nostrils, and the sounds of the sea creeping into many haiku. Angela had suggested we wait for this one until winter, so all the brown snakes in the area would be asleep!
There were six of us, one an enthusiastic visitor, with two additional other members who couldn’t be present due to health restrictions joining us in thought in a ‘virtual ginko’, and contributing later to the Round Robin, which is currently underway. We lunched together at a nearby Suffolk Park venue, The Park. Another successful, stimulating and bonding haiku ginko!
Quendryth Young
(L to R) Quendryth Young, Robyn Braithwaite, Laurel Astle, Angela Smith, Lynette Holland, and (seated) Vivien Royston.
Australian Haiku Society 