Olympic bloomer again?
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Olympic bloomer again?
- From: G* K*
- Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 00:57:14 +1000
re Olympic bouquet:
Brian, it is very lovely and a good idea to show the world but how about
there being a sprig or a flower from everywhere except Tasmania! At
the moment the Tasmanian Laurel tree is in bloom [lily-of-the-valley
like flowers] not to mention our State emblem the Tasmanian Blue Gum
[wonderful blue-green foliage, used by our florists all the time] and
the reason given for not using the Gum leaves was that overseas athletes
will only recognise the long green leaves as being Gum trees. I
suppose they think athletes have no sense of smell
That is not to mention [as it is off subject] that they left Tasmania
off the medallion with map of Australia presented for carrying the
torch.
I am so cross about the bouquet!!!! Gay
Brian wrote:
Some members of the list might be interested in taking a look at the
floral
bouquets to be presented to athletes at the Sydney Olympics.
The bouquets use Australian native plants and can be seen at the
following
web site:
http://www.austflower.com.au/olympics/
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