Australia - a Sunburnt Country

The Poems, Colour Photos and extensive 'Notes' will appeal to a wide range of readers -
Adults, Children and Teachers.

A sample of 4 stanzas for you from:

Her Dog Was Never Missed

Brown water-spiders cast their ripples past the dappled shade,
to fade across the wide green reach the summer rains had made.
The drooping fronds of paper-barks dipped gently in the breeze
to touch and taste the wedge of water hemmed between the trees.

A solitary stockman knelt with reins across his arm,
and shared a common bonding with a mare of class and charm.
The pair drank long and deeply in the heat of summer noon,
then rested briefly on the bank beside the cool lagoon.

Involuntary visions filled his mind with sudden dread,
and drove his every conscious thought to fear the time ahead.
The horse had sensed the shift in mood, and stood to play her part:
from head to hoof, she offered him her fighting lion's heart.

Across the ridges, down the flats, they worked like oiled machines,
to set a pace, to cover ground, and show what 'gallop' means.
He spurred the bay from river's bend and through the homestead gate
to calm his wife and hear the news that would define their fate.

In the words of my Editor... "Take the time to read these pages and you will be well rewarded."

Entertaining, Colourful and Educational. A very high quality publication.

The focus is on the enduring life-style and working in the Australian Outback. The book will help people who have never seen this type of environment understand the men, women and families who have the courage and will to cope with severe Floods, Bush-fires and soul destroying Drought. Prospering one year, struggling to survive the next, is all part of life for Australian Rural Families. The tyrannies of distance, heat, flies and the lack of services that are taken for granted by city folk are all brought to life.

Included in the book is a number of renowned Bush Ballads by 'The Old Masters' of Australian Bush Poetry.
Dorothe Mackellar, Banjo Patterson, Henry Lawson and more.

To read this book is an enlightening experience. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry. Above all, it will help you understand where our daily food requirements come from - and at what cost.