Wednesday was one of those beautiful autumn days Melbourne specializes in.\u00a0 Sunny with a slight chill in the air that sparkles on the skin like cool champagne sparkles on the tongue.\u00a0 In the Sunflower field by the railway lines, the three homeless men were sitting outside the tent having yarn in the sun.\u00a0 At my station the trees were bright with birdsong and the (Australian native) noisy mynahs were out in force, beating up impertinent top knot pigeons and squabbling over squashed jelly snakes.\u00a0 Someone had thrown a loaf of bread still in its plastic bag onto the tracks and a neat circle of four mynahs had formed around it\u00a0\u00a0 As I watched, the one standing in the middle leaned over and with the flourish of someone instructing a class, pulled a crust out of a hole in the bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wednesday was one of those beautiful autumn days Melbourne specializes in.\u00a0 Sunny with a slight chill in the air that sparkles on the skin like cool champagne sparkles on the tongue.\u00a0 In the Sunflower field by the railway lines, the three homeless men were sitting outside the tent having yarn in the sun.\u00a0 At my …<\/p>\n