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The '''Riesling Trail''' is a 27 kilometre walking and riding track located in the [[Clare Valley]], [[South Australia]]. It runs between [[Auburn]] and [[Clare]], passing through several towns and villages along the way, including [[Leasingham]], [[Watervale]], [[Penwortham, South Australia|Penwortham]] and [[Sevenhill]]. Originally part of the railway branch line which ran between [[Riverton]] in the south to [[Spalding]] in the north, it was abandoned after the [[1983]] [[Ash Wednesday]] bushfires which burnt through the valley and damaged a lot of the trackwork. It was decided that the old railway lines would be removed and in the late 1990s, this part of the route was converted into its present use as a walking and cycle trail. Many of the original rails were sent to [[Queensland]], where they were layed down as tracks used for transporting sugar trains in the north of that state.

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'''''Secretary''''' is a [[2002]] [[black comedy]] film directed by [[Steven Shainberg]] and starring [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] and [[James Spader]].

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Lee Holloway (Gyllenhaal) has recently been released from a mental institution after her penchant for [[self-mutilation]] resulted in a near-fatal injury. Determined to adjust to society, she learns to type and is hired as [[secretary]] to attorney E. Edward Grey (Spader). Grey's disdainful attitude toward his employee turns out to be a boon to both of them, as what initially was a rather strained professional relationship becomes both closer and more personal as it progressively takes on greater [[BDSM]] elements.

== References and further reading ==

*Erin Cressida Wilson, Steven Shainberg, ''Secretary: A Screenplay.'' Soft Skull Press, 2003. ISBN 1887128190.

== See also ==

*[[Sadism and masochism in fiction]]

== External links ==

* http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/articles/secretary.html

[[Category:2002 films]]

[[Category:BDSM]]