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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1973
Page
5
The article urges preparing for spring by finishing winter tasks, digging and liming beds, and adding organic matter such as manure or compost. It discusses timing for August planting, seed beds, sowing onions, lettuce, spinach, beetroot, carrots, parsnips, and rhubarb, with notes on seed potatoes and August sowings for vegetables and hardy flowers, plus frost protection and delaying large-scale changes.
Garry Willis, art graduate of Prestom Institute of Technology, spent three months planning the exhibition in Petrie Plaza. The show titled 772777 Today on Now Watching Laching extends frames of reference and challenges the organised art scene while exploring social and creative aspects of art.
Gary Willis staged a surreal three act outdoor art piece at Petrie Plaza near David Jones. A forestry truck delivered five logs which friends disguised as workmen rolled into a circle and built a campfire. They pretended to saw each log while onlookers watched. The tea break ended the performance at 5.25 pm with the billy boiling and crowd amused.
A review of the St Peter Chanel’s School show at Yarralumla QUT featuring 662 paintings. Notable works include Wallace Caruana, Domenic Mico, Kerry Smith, Dorothy-Anne Venus, and Beverly Hart with Mico’s The Sount of Death and a red yellow landscape. Peter Milton Moore’s Portrait of J Alfred Prof rock stands out. Few pieces merit notice. overall, a small share worthy amid many works.
Carlos Santana wowed a full Hordern Pavilion with three long encores in a three hour show. The performance blended Latin rock, jazz, and blues with standout drummer Michael Shrieve and a tight percussion section. Songs included Black Magic Woman Batuka and Jingo.
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