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WIND OVER WATER

unabara wo wataru kaze

If you have ever wished to visit Australia, why not plan your trip around the fourth Haiku Pacific Rim Conference 22-25 September 2009.  We feel sure Australians will enjoy their time on the Central Coast, too.
 
Stay in waterfront accomodation in a peaceful location  a little over an hour's drive north of the busy Sydney CBD, where you can write haiku in the company of pelicans.
 
Events include a ginko and public reading at Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Garden and Regional Gallery, a presentation of papers by leading international exponents of haiku writing and a guided introduction to Australia's snakes, spiders, koalas, kangaroos and dingos and crocodiles at the Australian Reptile Park at Gosford.
http://www.reptilepark.com.au/
This should inspire some interesting haiku before we move on to Pearl Beach for lunch and a chance to again read your work.
 
We hope that amongst our honoured guests, and speakers, the founders of the 1st HPR, Kanda Sosuke and Jerry Ball,  will be able to attend. It was Jerry Ball who suggested, in Matsuyama, that the 4th Haiku Pacific Rim conference be held in Australia.
 
I am delighted to announce that the convenor of the 2nd HPR in Ogaki, Japan, Yoshimura Ikuyo, has agreed to attend as has Noma Minako, convenor of the 3rd HPR in Matsuyama, Japan.  This is very exciting news indeed.  More good news soon about our prestigious and informative speakers.
 
A web-page is in progress but for further information right now, and a chance to secure your place, please email beverleygeorge@idx.com.au
with 4th HPR enquiry and your surname in the subject line.  A more detailed interim document is immediately available by email.
 
Beverley George
Convenor
4th Haiku Pacific Rim Conference, Australia
President
The Australian Haiku Society (HaikuOz)
www.haikuoz.org