David J Delaney reflects on the freedom and hardships of caravan life, changed plans …
Keeping The Verse Alive
Keeping The Verse Alive
Keeping The Verse Alive is Country Campfire's bush poetry preservation project, giving Australian bush poetry a permanent home online. Poems remain the work and property of their original authors and are shared with permission.
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A lone pine stands over the graves of those who never came home. Poeta …
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Tony Hammill has a plan to get past St Peter — and a dream …
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A mountain selection, a winding river and a cast of working bush characters bring …
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A swag beneath the heavens, a bubbling billy and a ceiling full of stars. …
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They were boys before they were soldiers. Poeta De Cabra remembers the young lives …
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From an old banger that needed a push to a sat nav that never …
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Gregory North celebrates the Volkswagen Beetle, its unmistakable Dak-Dak and the devoted drivers who …
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Tony Hammill explores the romantic side of Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant, sharing two love poems …
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Bill finds a bright side to bushfires, drought and floods. His wife Dot sees …
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Tony Hammill honours the Light Horse Walers through an old soldier’s memories of courage, …
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Poeta de Cabra reflects on the floods, drought and bushfires endured by Australian farmers, …
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David J Delaney leaves the working week behind for a creekside camp, where campfire …
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A worn-out crosscut saw finds a new voice in Tony Hammill’s The Condamine Bell, …
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Beneath the Southern Cross, Ron Boughton reflects on Voyager’s distant view of Earth, the …
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The last load is done, but there’s still a truck to service. Scott Farquhar’s …
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Heat, dust and rain on the horizon: Poeta de Cabra follows a weary wheat …
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A thumping heart, trembling hands and a cheerful woman with a simple request. David …
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Phil’s last load of hay comes with a roadside stop he can’t afford. Vaughan …
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Scott Farquhar looks back at the hard old days of outback trucking—and admits that …
