Blinman Revisited
It was at the back of a cupboard, in an album whose pages had curled and yellowed with age. The … Continue reading Blinman Revisited
Category: Australia
A Coffee at Cafe Andiamo
Sunday morning in Melbourne. A clear winter sky, sharp as glass. The sun spills over Flinders Street Station like warm … Continue reading A Coffee at Cafe Andiamo
Back to the Track
I live and breathe the silences and dust where no man reigns… – Cold Chisel, Wild Colonial Boy Dawn on … Continue reading Back to the Track
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
It’s time to haul the anchor up, And leave the land astern…– Al Stewart, Lord Grenville At Marree, the sky is on … Continue reading CONTINENTAL DRIFT
THE GATES OF HELL
Out here nothing changes,Not in a hurry anyway.You feel the endlessness,Running from the light of day… … Continue reading THE GATES OF HELL
CROCODILE COUNTRY
Out where the river broke,The bloodwood and the desert oak.. – Midnight Oil, Beds Are Burning At Roper Bar I … Continue reading CROCODILE COUNTRY
IRON AND GOLD
…the emu-sextons pay me a last cursory glance… At Menzies, a dead-on-its-feet mining town a hundred kilometres north of Kalgoorlie, … Continue reading IRON AND GOLD
UNDER THE SUN
You’re in by Karumba,Where the fishing boats come in;I can’t believe this feeling,But I wish that I was there,Every passing … Continue reading UNDER THE SUN
NORTHERN LIGHT
I’ll never let you go If you promise not to fade away… … Continue reading NORTHERN LIGHT
Corner Country
“I thought of all the songs I’d sung about this Outback track,And that is how this vision came to me…”– … Continue reading Corner Country
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