WAYNE: Well, nothing goes smoothly with these big
jobs, Trevor, as you’ll find out with a bit more experience. First
I’ll unveil our latest version which is getting very near the final thing
WAYNE: The big news is that the department has been
told there’s a major breeding colony of seagulls on an island smack in
the middle of the lake and I’m afraid we just can’t ignore that as
it will prpbably become a Canberra iconic species. Unfortunately that’s
the end of your water feature, Fiona, but we have got rid of that rather
unsatisfactory duck. Next, Fiona has finally got a female fairy-wren that’s
been officially certified. Right, Fiona?
FIONA: Oh Wayne, I did mean to tell you it turned out
that the person I spoke to at the botanic gardens with the binoculars and
clipboard was really looking at scrub-wrens and not fairy-wrens, but she was
very confident and I’m sure she wouldn’t have made a mistake
WAYNE: Well, that’s unfortunate, Fi, but fingers
crossed. We’re not going to have you spending half your life
running backwards and forwards to the botanic gardens. Now Trevor, let’s
have the bluebell update.
TREVOR: You remember that we took that picture of the
bluebell ourselves, and we had people saying it wasn’t THE bluebell, so
we’ve just brightened it up a bit so it could be anything and if anyone
raises it we’re going to say it’s just a GENERIC bluebell.
WAYNE: Thank you Trevor. Now another thing is
that unfortunately Barry’s wife has taken ANOTHER picture in the botanic
gardens. See that honeyeater on the flower? I’m using it for
the moment because it does brighten up the middle of the scene. I’ve
told Barry that quite frankly we are not going to take any responsibility for
that plant if it’s not a genuine Canberra item, and will he tell his wife
to lay off on the photography for a while because we’ve got trouble
fitting in all the important stuff. Now Fiona, let’s have the
really big news.
FIONA: This is so exciting. I finally got on to
Ian Fraser, and he was so nice, even better than he is on the radio when you
actually meet him. Now he’s given us three lovely orchid pictures
that are all from Canberra and you can see them down the bottom there.
Just a minute and I’ll be able to tell you their names. One is a
Calochilus, and one is a Diplodium and the other is a Diuris sulphurea. I
would never have known they were there myself.
WAYNE: Terrific Fiona. Just be ready to rattle
those off if we have to give a presentation to the Chief Minister or someone
like that. I’m pleased to say that I think we can finish this off with
just one more meeting. And Fi, don’t rest on your Laurels, you do have
to come up with that moth still.
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