Campfire Roundup is the weekly look at what’s new around Country Campfire — from bush poetry and podcast episodes to campground yarns, Legend pages and practical country life.
G’day Campfire Nation,
This week has taken us from a hidden one-camp stop beside a Northern Territory creek to an old-fashioned worm farm in a Cooma backyard — with plenty of Australian verse in between.
Across the week, Country Campfire added seven new articles, two Bush Poetry Podcast episodes, two YouTube recitals, two new Legend pages and two dedicated pages that make our growing bush poetry collection easier to explore.
It is a good snapshot of what this campfire is becoming: a place where poems can be read, heard and preserved, while the camps, projects and people of country Australia keep finding a permanent home.
This week around Country Campfire
The Campground Project
Gary and Christine Barten have shared another remote Australian camp worth knowing about — this time beside a quiet Northern Territory creek.
Camping, Fishing and Country Life
A simple backyard project this week was really about laying the groundwork for future fishing trips with my little bloke.
Keeping The Verse Alive
Five new poems joined the preservation project this week, with work from Ron Boughton, Ben Eggleton, James Cayce, David J Delaney and Neil McArthur.
Latest from the Bush Poetry Podcast
Ben Eggleton and Neil McArthur both brought their own words to the podcast this week, preserving the poems in the voices and performances of the men who wrote them.
New Country Campfire Legends
Two more Australian bush poets now have permanent homes on Country Campfire, bringing their stories, verse and future contributions together in one place.
New on Bush Poetry YouTube
Both of this week’s podcast recitals are also available on the dedicated Bush Poetry YouTube channel.
A clearer home for Australian bush poetry
Two dedicated pages now make it easier to browse the written collection, meet the poets, listen to the podcast and send in a recital.
Catch up around the campfire
If you missed the previous Roundup, you can catch up on the fortnight that brought together poems, campground yarns, podcast episodes, videos, Legends and the August Campfire Muster.
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