Campfire Roundup is our weekly look at what’s new around Country Campfire, from Australian history to the bush poetry that keeps the voices of country Australia in print and on record.
G’day Campfire Nation,
There are two pieces to catch up on this Sunday. Tony Hammill takes us to south-west Queensland to meet Isabel Gray, better known as the Eulo Queen.
Then we’re back at Gum Creek with Scott Farquhar and a cattle truck that still needs a service. You can now listen to the poem on the Bush Poetry Podcast or watch it on YouTube.
Did You Know?
One of the reasons we started Keeping The Verse Alive was to give bush poems a home people could come back to. There are poems sitting in notebooks and folders that might only ever be read by a handful of people. When a poet shares one with us, we get to help keep it in circulation and give someone new the chance to discover it.
This week around Country Campfire
Australian History & Heritage
Tony Hammill follows the story of Isabel Gray through the pubs and opal country of south-west Queensland.
Bush Poetry Podcast & YouTube
Scott Farquhar’s truckie has finished his last load and has a hot shower and a bed in mind. The truck has other ideas. Read the original poem or catch the new recording and video below.
Catch up around the campfire
There’s still time to catch last Sunday’s Roundup.
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