From Naked Nell (Barellan) to Moombooldool
Another retro post of a poem written some years back on other towns in my part of the world. Naked Nell is the nickname of Barellan. The Wiggles refers to bright coloured Police Highway Patrol cars.
From Naked Nell (Barellan) to Moombooldool
From Naked Nell to Moombooldool
Is not many speedo clicks,
As you traverse Burley Griffin Way
Dodging the ‘Wiggles’ tricks.
And Moombooldool noted late
Some of their sporting pride,
As you drive through Burnley’s Village
A plaque’s fitted by the roadside.
On a great plinth of granite stone
A plaque sits there attached,
For traveling onlookers to cast their eye
On others who’ve been dispatched.
Dispatched persons who from times back then
When footy, tennis and cricket
Fielded sides from Moombooldool
And held their own on the wicket.
Good on the people of Erin Village
As Moombooldool once was known,
For remembering those who shaped their history
And the humble pride they’d shown.
So when you dash from Naked Nell
Towards the Kamarah straight,
Pause a moment in Moombooldool
The history is worth your wait.
Simon C.J. Falk
9 April 2013.
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