THE SHEPHERD YEARS
I was young and free and alone in a mountain world… At Dog Kennel Corner, where Burke’s Pass opens onto … Continue reading THE SHEPHERD YEARS
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Wet Sunday in the Whitsundays
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Once more upon the waters, yet once more.And the waves bound beneath meLike a steed that… Continue reading Wet Sunday in the Whitsundays
KELI MUTU: THE LAST ADVENTURE
We climbed up and peered over the edge, down into the pit where a lake of mercury shimmered in the … Continue reading KELI MUTU: THE LAST ADVENTURE
NORTH BY NORTH-WEST
“When vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings…” – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness North of Westport, … Continue reading NORTH BY NORTH-WEST
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
SHADOWS ON THE HILL
The river stretches a braided thread of silver along the valley floor. Morning in the High Country. On a hillside … Continue reading SHADOWS ON THE HILL
MONUMENT
Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai,Whose doorways are alternate night and day.How Sultan after Sultan with is pomp,Abode his hour or … Continue reading MONUMENT
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