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Whenever the morning sun in Australia dyes the sky red, there are always luggage tags engraved with the national flag and national emblem, traveling across mountains and seas with travelers. This small piece of metal or leather is not only an identity mark, but also carries the collective spiritual code of this land. The Southern Cross and the seven-pointed star of the Federation on the national flag are transformed into an eternal compass on the luggage tag. They remind every traveler: whether in the heart of the desert or in the streets of a foreign country, as long as you look up and see the familiar constellation, you can anchor the direction of your return. The silhouettes of kangaroos and emus in the national emblem are forged into totems that never retreat – these two animals that never retreat are just like the pioneering courage in the blood of Australians. In the clinking sound of luggage tags, they awaken the enterprising genes passed down from generation to generation. What really makes this luggage tag more important is the thousands of departures and arrivals it has witnessed. Immigrants use it to mark their homesickness, wanderers use it to deposit their innocent hearts, and explorers use it to measure the longitude and latitude of the continent. When the metal nameplate flashes on the airport conveyor belt, the lines that have been rubbed warmly clearly show the stubbornness of our ancestors who drove ox carts across the Blue Mountains, the wisdom of the Aboriginals who have protected the land for tens of thousands of years, and the courage of every ordinary person to break through themselves. This token in a small space will eventually guide us to jump forward like a kangaroo and illuminate the unknown journey like the Southern Cross. When the luggage sets off again, the light reflected by the metal plate in the sun is the never-ending heartbeat of the entire nation.

每當澳洲的晨曦染紅天際，總有一枚錒刻著國旗與國徽的行李牌，隨著旅人的行囊穿越山海。這方寸之間的金屬或皮革，不僅是身分標識，更承載著這片土地的集體精神密碼。國旗上的南十字星與聯邦七角星，在行李牌上變成永恆的指南針。它們提醒每位遠行者：無論身處沙漠腹地或異國街巷，只要抬頭望見熟悉的星群，便能錨定歸途方向。國徽中袋鼠與鴯鶓的剪影，則被鍛造成永不退縮的圖騰－這兩種永不後退的動物，恰似澳人骨血裡的拓荒勇氣，在行李牌叮噹碰撞聲中，喚醒世代傳承的進取基因。而真正讓這枚行李牌重逾千鈞的，是它見證的千萬次出發與抵達。移民用它標記故土牽念，遊子藉它寄存赤子之心，探險家憑它丈量大陸經緯。當金屬銘牌在機場傳送帶上閃爍，那些被摩挲得溫潤的紋路裡，分明刻著先輩駕著牛車穿越藍山的倔強，刻著原住民數萬年守護大地的智慧，更刻著每個普通人突破自我的勇氣。這枚方寸之間的信物，終將指引我們如袋鼠般永遠向前跳躍，如南十字星般照亮未知的航程。當行囊再次啟程，金屬牌在陽光下折射的光芒，正是整個民族永不停歇的心跳。