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The Country Campfire Bush Poetry Podcast is a growing collection of Australian bush poetry — from the great poems of the past to original work written and recited by bush poets from around the country today.
Some will make you laugh, some will make you think, and some capture a little piece of Australian life that deserves to be remembered.
The podcast first began in 2021 and returned in 2026 as part of Country Campfire’s renewed effort to preserve and share Australian bush poetry.
Below you’ll find the complete Bush Poetry Podcast archive, with the newest episodes first.
Prefer to read the words? Visit our Australian Bush Poetry collection →
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Latest Episodes & Podcast Archive
Episode 146 — Steve Irwin
Bob Pacey
Episode 145 — White Girl Wasted
Helen Dunn
Episode 144 — Old Scar
Geoff Bagman
Episode 143 — Reflecting on Henry
Narelle Stoll
Episode 142 — When We Drank Our Wine From Bags
Rob Baldinger
Episode 141 — The Croquet Match
Peter Pentland
Episode 140 — Law of the Land
Neil McArthur
Episode 139 — This New Technological Stuff
Ben Eggleton
Episode 138 — Stroking! What?
Corin Linch
Episode 137 — That’s the Life for Me
Peter Flanagan
Episode 136 — The Richness of Life
Ben Eggleton
Episode 135 — Herbert the Hunstsman
Billy Dettmer
Episode 134 — Rob Baldinger
Rob Baldinger
Episode 133 — The Golfer
Bob Pacey
Episode 132 — Addicted To The Game
Peter Flanagan
Episode 131 — Dennis From Dennington
Billy Dettmer
Episode 130 — Ode to the Barista
Rob Baldinger
Episode 129 — The Broken Down Digger
Thundercloud
Episode 128 — The Great Australian Freedom
Corin Linch
Episode 127 — The Lost Drink
Alex Bender
Episode 126 — Old Bill
Bob Pacey
Episode 125 — State Of Origin One 2024
Bob Pacey
Episode 124 — Getting Older
Bob Pacey
Episode 123 — The Way They Carry On
Tom Rayner
Episode 122 — Four be Two
Geoffrey Graham
Episode 121 — Frackin’ Fricker
Gregory North
Episode 120 — Over The Ranges & Into The West
Phil McManus
Episode 119 — Pretty Plains
Peter Flanagan
Episode 118 — A Sudden Summer Storm
Ranger Nick
Episode 117 — Wandoo Reserve
Corin Linch
Episode 116 — A Royal Command
Corin Linch
Episode 115 — Get Well (Or Get Fucked)
Billy Dettmer
Episode 114 — The Capture of Mary Smith
Nan Nash
Episode 113 — Nancy of the Underflow
Bob Pacey
Episode 112 — Looking Out, Looking In
Dean McFadyen
Episode 111 — Half Simple
Jai Thoolen
Episode 110 — That There Dog O Mine
Manfred Vijars
Episode 109 — Poodle Poem
Tim Train
Episode 108 — Vintage Teenagers
Ben Eggleton
Episode 107 — My Land
Bob Pacey
Episode 106 — Mulga Bills Bicycle
Corin Linch
Episode 105 — Me and Ned
Billy Dettmer
Episode 104 — Generatorosity
Philip Hocking
Episode 103 — When Billy Won The Cup
James Cayce
Episode 102 — They Call It French Island
Bruce Chandler
Episode 101 — She’ll Be Right
Dick Roberts
Episode 100 — The Man From Snowy River
Multiple Contributors
Episode 99 — Happy
Jai Thoolen
Episode 98 — You Can Cry
Ben Eggleton
Episode 97 — You Know What I’m Talkin’ About
Robert Dungey
Episode 96 — Bards of the Bush
Grant Mitchell
Episode 95 — A Cattleman’s Lament
Peter Hogg
Episode 94 — Rye Whiskey
The Pirates Charles
Episode 93 — Innocence Stolen
Corin Linch
Episode 92 — The Cattleman
R S Campbell
Episode 91 — Sweeney
Manfred Vijars
Episode 90 — Old Mate
Jai Thoolen
Episode 89 — Akubras, Linen and Lace
Ben Eggleton
Episode 88 — You Know What Time of Year It Is
Bob Pacey
Episode 87 — The Thirst of Yanga Joe
Old Timer
Episode 86 — Dead Straight
Lynne Frederick
Episode 85 — Old Snoopy
Nan Nash
Episode 84 — Lost
Corin Linch
Episode 83 — White Lies
Jai Thoolen
Episode 82 — Fourty Thousand Secrets
Ben Eggleton
Episode 81 — Back Home
Dick Roberts
Episode 80 — Origin
Bob Pacey
Episode 79 — Just Another Politician Blues
Bernard de Silva
Episode 78 — An Ode to Mangus McGreen
Lance McVay
Episode 77 — My Broken Hill
Chantelle Fry
Episode 76 — Halfway Across Australia
Ben Eggleton
Episode 75 — A Letter to Jim
James Cayce
Episode 74 — The Mouse Plague of 2021 (part 2)
Corin Linch
Episode 73 — I will Always Stand
Dick Roberts
Episode 72 — Its Grand
Alex Bender
Episode 71 — Perfect People
Jai Thoolen
Episode 70 — The Mouse Plague of 2021
Corin Linch
Episode 69 — Drop Bear Safety Precautions
Corin Linch
Episode 68 — Nuggets Shearing Run
Robert Dungey
Episode 67 — Kowpatt Cricket Club
James Cayce
Episode 66 — Yachties Bloody Yachties
Waldo Bayley
Episode 65 — Me Holiday Plans
Jai Thoolen
Episode 64 — Swagman at the Golden Gate
Phil McManus
Episode 63 — Good On Ya Sam
Robert Dungey
Episode 62 — Kev the Uncookable Lobster
Ken Parsons
Episode 61 — Crikey Steve
Bob Pacey
Episode 60 — Break and Enter
Lynne Frederick
Episode 59 — Greg The Trustworthy Mechanic
Jai Thoolen
Episode 58 — Country Girls
Bob Pacey
Episode 57 — Banjo, of the Overflow
Francis Kenna
Episode 56 — In Defense of The Bush
Alex Bender
Episode 55 — Up The Country
Phil McManus
Episode 54 — His Brand (In memory of Butch Roberts)
Dick Roberts
Episode 53 — The Fearless Friend
Marco Gliori
Episode 52 — Kookaburra’s Rymes
Kookaburra
Episode 51 — Get Stuffed Entertainment
Corin Linch
Episode 50 — A Couple of Peers
Jai Thoolen
Episode 49 — A Mountain Station
A B (Banjo) Paterson
Episode 48 — It Don’t Belong To Us
Grant Mitchell
Episode 47 — The Old Homestead
Dick Roberts
Episode 46 — They
Robert Dungey
Episode 45 — The Drovers Sweetheart
Henry Lawson (read by Phil McManus)
Episode 44 — ANZAC Day
Bob Pacey
Episode 43 — ANZAC Day
Mark Thompson
Episode 42 — The ANZAC on the wall
Jim Brown
Episode 41 — New Generation Veterans
David J Delaney
Episode 40 — The Final Inspection
Anon (recited by Corin Linch)
Episode 39 — Anzac
Robert Dungey
Episode 38 — Attrition at War
Phil McManus
Episode 37 — Another Casualty of War
Lynne Frederick
Episode 36 — My Hat!
William Ogilvie
Episode 35 — The Return of Padfoot 45
Todd McAndrew
Episode 34 — The Thong
Col Wilson
Episode 33 — Heave Ho and Away We Go
Simon Carroll
Episode 32 — The Free-Selector’s Daughter
Alex Bender
Episode 31 — Been There Done That
Corin Linch
Episode 30 — Blue and the Sheep
Bob Magor
Episode 29 — They’re Out There
Robert Dungey
Episode 28 — Can Nobody Pour A Beer
Bernard de Silva
Episode 27 — Granny and the Snake
Marco Gliori
Episode 26 — Covid in the Cane
Wannabe Bush Poet
Episode 25 — He’s Not a Bad Bloke Once You Get To Know Him
Corin Linch
Episode 24 — The Dunny Run
Robert Dungey
Episode 23 — Homeward Bound
Grant Mitchell
Episode 22 — The Legend of Padfoot 45
Todd McAndrew
Episode 21 — A Mate Can Do No Wrong
Henry Lawson
Episode 20 — Disneyland
Bob Pacey
Episode 19 — The Swagman’s Rest
A.B. (Banjo) Paterson
Episode 18 — They Were Once Somebody’s Darling
Maureen Clifford
Episode 17 — The Old Black Billy
Louis Esson
Episode 16 — Theres Only The Two Of Us Here
Edward Harrington
Episode 15 — The Dogs Meeting
Anon
Episode 14 — A Tribute to Slim
Bob Pacey
Episode 13 — Fishers
Wannabe Bush Poet
Episode 12 — It’s Part Of Who We Are
Grant Mitchell
Episode 11 — “39”
Henry Lawson
Episode 10 — Every Day We Bleed
Gary Fogarty
Episode 9 — Brumbys Run
A.B. (Banjo) Paterson
Episode 8 — The Outhouse
Bob Pacey
Episode 7 — Weary Will
A.B (Banjo) Paterson
Episode 6 — Bitcoin Mad
Wannabe Bush Poet
Episode 5 — The Brute
Bob Pacey
Episode 4 — The Bastard from the Bush
Henry Lawson
Episode 3 — Flood Party ’21
Wannabe Bush Poet
Episode 2 — The Silent Shearer
A.B (Banjo) Paterson
Episode 1 — Friday’s Pants on Monday
Wannabe Bush Poet
Keeping Australian Bush Poetry Alive
The Bush Poetry Podcast is part of a much bigger collection growing around the Country Campfire.
Through Keeping The Verse Alive, we’re working with Australian bush poets to preserve their written poems, recordings and stories and give them a permanent place where people can continue to discover them.
You can also browse the growing Australian Bush Poetry archive →
Got a Poem or Recital?
If you’re a bush poet and you’ve got a poem you’d like to share, we’d love to hear from you.
You don’t need a studio recording. If you’ve got the written words, an audio recording or even a simple video of yourself reciting your poem, send it through. Where it suits the project, we can help give your work a permanent home on Country Campfire and share your recital through the Bush Poetry Podcast.
Whether you’ve been performing bush poetry for decades or you’ve never shared your work publicly before, you’re welcome around the campfire.
🔥 Share Your Poetry With Country Campfire →
Country Campfire is Australia’s Digital Campfire — preserving and sharing the poems, stories, people and traditions that make Australian country life what it is.