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Bush Poetry

The Glass-Half-full Bloke

by Keeping The Verse Alive October 18, 2026

Bill finds a bright side to bushfires, drought and floods. His wife Dot sees …

by Keeping The Verse Alive October 18, 2026

Walers

October 17, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 17, 2026

Lucky Country

October 16, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 16, 2026

Creek Camp Memories

October 13, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 13, 2026
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Country Music

Tara Laurel Joy Finds the Funny Side in “Why Do I Bother with Boys?”

by Alex Bender October 15, 2026

From schoolgirl crushes to grown-up frustration, Tara Laurel Joy turns romantic let-downs into a …

by Alex Bender October 15, 2026

Amberley Maryellen Brings New Love Home in ‘Green Eyes’

October 10, 2026
by Alex Bender October 10, 2026

Katie Jayne Raises a Coke Zero to a New Chapter with ‘Beer & Broken’

October 9, 2026
by Alex Bender October 9, 2026

Brad Millers Finds a Little Peace in ‘Little House’

October 7, 2026
by Alex Bender October 7, 2026
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Australian History & Heritage

Macpherson and Mt Abundance

by Country Campfire Editorial October 2, 2026

Tony Hammill recounts Allan Macpherson’s ambitious attempt to establish Mount Abundance near Roma, the …

by Country Campfire Editorial October 2, 2026

J.F. Archibald

September 23, 2026
by Country Campfire Editorial September 23, 2026

Leichhardt in the Brisbane Valley

September 18, 2026
by Country Campfire Editorial September 18, 2026

Billy Mateer: The Man Who Raced the Flood

September 10, 2026
by Country Campfire Editorial September 10, 2026
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Camping & Campfires

Thai Beef Salad on the Road — Footloose Drifters

by Campfire Cooking September 24, 2026

Footloose Drifters share their quick Thai beef salad for days spent exploring and eating …

by Campfire Cooking September 24, 2026

Myroodah Crossing: Riverside Camping on the Fitzroy River, WA

September 14, 2026
by The Campground Project September 14, 2026

Ranger Nick Takes Aim at an Australian Record With Giant Australia-Shaped Meatloaf

August 25, 2026
by Alex Bender August 25, 2026

Illawara Creek Bush Camp: A Hidden Creekside Camp Near Top Springs, NT

August 11, 2026
by The Campground Project August 11, 2026
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Fresh from the Campfire

A cheerful farmer and his unimpressed wife beside a muddy homestead, illustrating The Glass-Half-full Bloke by Vaughan Baker.
Bush Poetry

The Glass-Half-full Bloke

by Keeping The Verse Alive October 18, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 18, 2026

Bill finds a bright side to bushfires, drought and floods. His wife Dot sees things differently in this humorous bush poem by Vaughan Baker.

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Campfire Roundup for October 18, 2026, with a campfire, billy and poetry notebook beside an Australian bush creek at dusk.
Campfire Roundup

Campfire Roundup — October 18: Walers, Creek Camps & Ten Yarns

by Alex Bender October 18, 2026
by Alex Bender October 18, 2026

Three new poems, a mango-tree misadventure, Tara Laurel Joy’s new music and two podcast episodes with matching YouTube videos.

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An Australian Light Horseman rests his head against a bay Waler horse in an olive grove, illustrating WALERS by Tony Hammill.
Bush Poetry

Walers

by Keeping The Verse Alive October 17, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 17, 2026

Tony Hammill honours the Light Horse Walers through an old soldier’s memories of courage, companionship and a farewell that never left him.

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Three boys hiding in a mango tree beside a warmly lit Queenslander at night, illustrating David J Delaney’s Tony the Wog’s Mango Tree.
Campfire Yarns

Tony the Wog’s Mango Tree

by Country Campfire Editorial October 16, 2026
by Country Campfire Editorial October 16, 2026

Three boys, a tree full of Bowen mangoes and a neighbour who comes home far too soon. David J Delaney recalls a memorable adventure in 1960s Rocklea.

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A farmer surveys flooded paddocks and drought-cracked farmland in the featured image for Lucky Country by Poeta de Cabra.
Bush Poetry

Lucky Country

by Keeping The Verse Alive October 16, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 16, 2026

Poeta de Cabra reflects on the floods, drought and bushfires endured by Australian farmers, and the bitter irony of calling it the lucky country.

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Tara Laurel Joy in a pink cowboy hat holding a guitar beside the title Why Do I Bother with Boys?
Country Music

Tara Laurel Joy Finds the Funny Side in “Why Do I Bother with Boys?”

by Alex Bender October 15, 2026
by Alex Bender October 15, 2026

From schoolgirl crushes to grown-up frustration, Tara Laurel Joy turns romantic let-downs into a laugh on her cheeky new country-pop single.

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