En Route To Walkerville, South Gippsland Wood Print

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A cloud bank over Bass Strait between Cape Liptrap and Wilsons Promontory. This is dairy farming country in South Gippsland. Dai Wynn painted this delightful pastoral scene on linen on board. The location was the highway between Tarwin Lower and Walkerville South. South Gippsland is south east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 30.5 cm high by 40.6 cm wide by 0.3 cm deep approximately.

Some of my friends wonder why I have changed my name from David to Dai. The short answer is that I haven’t. My parents, sisters and immediate family always used Dai (but pronounced “day”) as a short form of David — a nickname if you like. However, it appears that the Welsh adopted the name "Dai” (pronounced “die”) as a short form of Dafydd (pronounced “Dahveth”) the patron saint of Wales and also known as St David just across Offa’s Dyke. Why Wales? Well the name “Wynn” means fair-skinned or white in the Welsh language and my ancestors were certainly from around those parts (others were from Ireland and Cornwall, but paid full fare to sail to Australia. None was transported in chains I might add). Dafydd, being the Welsh version of...