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
Category: Australia
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
Journey to the Centre of Australia
You can feel the distance.
It carries a weight that’s heavier than anything. Continue reading Journey to the Centre of Australia
Vanishing Points
Nothing beside remains. Round the decayof that colossal wreck, boundless and barethe lone and level sands stretch far away… – … Continue reading Vanishing Points
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