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DON’T JUST PASS BY
A DEFENCE OF THE SOUTHERN TABLELANDS WORDS/PHOTOS BOB WOZGA

When you mention the Southern Tablelands to most people, they respond with a yawn and tell you with some authority that “It consists of Goulburn and Canberra. There is nothing to see or do there. That is why they built a bypass around both places so you can get to Melbourne quicker”. As they continue talking, you realise they have either slept all the way from Sydney, were in some other comatose state while there,or simply haven’t been there at all.