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Rain-soaked George Street scene with pedestrians, a street musician and a reflective lone walker for Reflecting on Henry
Bush Poetry

Reflecting on Henry

by Keeping The Verse Alive August 20, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive August 20, 2026

A reflective walk through Sydney’s George Street asks what Henry Lawson might see in the city’s people, struggles and moments of hope.

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Vulgar Bill in a country kitchen reacting to fiery spiced pickle on chicken wings
Bush Poetry

Vulgar Bill’s Spiced Pickle (with apologies to Banjo)

by Keeping The Verse Alive August 20, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive August 20, 2026

Vulgar Bill reckons there is nothing he cannot roast—until his homemade spiced pickle gives him a fiery lesson in the kitchen. A comic bush yarn by James Cayce.

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Dashwood Crossing riverside campsite on the Victoria River in the Northern Territory
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Dashwood Crossing

by The Campground Project August 18, 2026
by The Campground Project August 18, 2026

Some camps are memorable because of what is built around them. Others are memorable…

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A solitary bushman holding a mug beside a campfire at a misty river bend beneath a ghostly full moon
Bush Poetry

Ghost Moon Shadows

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

At a misty bend in the river, a weary traveller meets a stranger beside a campfire who knows the shadows he carries—and what must be done to cast them away.

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Bluey swings a sledgehammer at a paddy melon during an improvised bush croquet match outside a country pub.
Bush Poetry

The Croquet Match

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

A sly swagman, a boastful shearer and a croquet game played with sledgehammers and paddy melons—Peter Pentland serves up a classic bush yarn.

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Country Campfire Roundup for 16 August 2026 showing an NT creekside campfire, caravan, poetry book and microphone, with a contents list for five poems, two podcast episodes, two new Legends, two YouTube videos and a worm farm
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Campfire Roundup — August 16: Hidden Camps, Living Verse and Two New Legends

by Alex Bender August 16, 2026
by Alex Bender August 16, 2026

A hidden NT creek camp, seven new articles, two podcast episodes and new Legend pages for Ron Boughton and Neil McArthur.

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A battered bushman walks towards his smiling son and healthy horse beneath storm clouds, inspired by Law of the Land by Neil McArthur.
Bush Poetry

Law of the Land

by Keeping The Verse Alive August 14, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive August 14, 2026

A father tries to teach his son a hard bush lesson, only for fate to deliver a wildly funny lesson of its own in Neil McArthur’s Law of the Land.

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An elderly woman watches Australian soldiers march away while memories of her husband and son appear in the window
Bush Poetry

The War at Home

by Keeping The Verse Alive August 14, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive August 14, 2026

An elderly woman watches another generation of soldiers march away and remembers the husband and son she once farewelled. A moving poem about the war endured by those left at home.

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My Church by James Cayce – Australian bush poetry about finding peace and spirituality in the Australian bush
Bush Poetry

My Church

by Keeping The Verse Alive August 12, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive August 12, 2026

My Church by James Cayce is a reflective Australian bush poem about finding peace, wonder and something sacred among the birds, trees and open country.

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Illawara Creek bush camp near Top Springs in the Northern Territory
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Illawara Creek Bush Camp: A Hidden Creekside Camp Near Top Springs, NT

by The Campground Project August 11, 2026
by The Campground Project August 11, 2026

Hidden just off the Buchanan Highway near Top Springs, Illawara Creek is a peaceful free bush camp beside flowing water, with plenty of solitude and even the chance to catch a few cherabin.

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    • Australian Bush Poetry
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