Campfire Roundup is our weekly look at everything new around Country Campfire — Australian stories, bush poetry, country music, campground yarns and the voices keeping it all alive.
G’day Campfire Nation,
A quiet creek camp, a mango raid gone wrong and the horses that carried our Light Horsemen — this week’s pieces take us to very different corners of Australian life.
We’ve added three written poems, a short story from David J Delaney and a new country music feature. There are also two Bush Poetry Podcast episodes with matching YouTube videos, including a ten-yarn collection from Bob Pacey.
And this week, I’d love your suggestions: who or what would you like to see featured on Country Campfire? There’s a question below where you can have your say.
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This week around Country Campfire
Campfire Yarns
David J Delaney takes us back to boyhood in 1960s Rocklea, with a short story about three boys and a tempting mango tree.
Keeping The Verse Alive
This week’s three poems come from David J Delaney, Poeta de Cabra and Tony Hammill — creekside escape, the hardships of farming and the bond between a Light Horseman and his Waler.
Country Music
Tara Laurel Joy finds room for a laugh in the frustrations of romance with her new country-pop single.
Latest from the Bush Poetry Podcast
Bob Pacey’s Ten Yarns With Bob Pacey brings ten poems together in one listen, while Narelle Stoll shares Cookalingee. Both are also available on our Bush Poetry YouTube channel below.
New on Bush Poetry YouTube
Catch up around the campfire
Missed last Sunday’s edition? Catch up on the five poems, four new tunes and Helen Dunn’s Small Town Syndrome from October 11.
Join the conversation
This Week’s Question Around the Campfire
Who’s someone — or what’s something — you’d like to see featured on Country Campfire?
It could be a poet, musician, local legend, old pub, hut, campground or a story you reckon deserves to be told.
Leave a comment below and tell us who or what you have in mind. If you’re reading this in our weekly email, just hit reply — I’d love to hear your suggestions.
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