Cirrus@Austlit

The Bunyip was originally a sketch for five people, written in 1908 by Ella Airlie, a young Ballarat-born actress/composer who also worked on the variety stage as a pianist and singer. Following a season at Perth's Melrose Theatre around March 1916, Airlie invited the Fullers to consider the work as a musical comedy, but they deemed it unsuitable, since it lacked a strong romantic angle. Benjamin Fuller was nevertheless attracted to its strong Australian flavour and later that year he gave the go ahead for it to be re-worked by Airlie and director Nat Phillips as the company's first-ever pantomime extravaganza.

A reminder to people that they need to stop taking risks and to slow down while travelling on public transport and on the roads, both as drivers and pedestrians.