Trouble at the Mullinmur Billabong
So, we had our last rehearsal for the puppet show on Monday. We were still ironing out stage entrances and exits etc but mostly we were all remembering our lines. The first performance was on Thursday for the students of Yarrunga Primary and we backed up with a second one on Friday for St Pat's Primary. Mullinmur Billabong is on the outskirts of Wangaratta, beside the Ovens River. According to the play the native animals are facing lots of pressure; the two major ones are feral animals and climate change. Mullinmur is the Indigenous name in Bangerang language for platypus. The kids loved it but I'm aware of at least two puppeteers who are relieved its over and have slipped back into retirement. In this scene the feral cat is hunting the echidna, only to come off second best because of his defensive quills. On Tuesday we had Laurie and Sue join us at Kate's, breaking the journey from Wodonga where they had stayed with one of Sue's sisters, on their way back home to Ma...