Campfire Roundup is our weekly look at everything new around Country Campfire—Australian stories, bush poetry, country music and the voices keeping it all alive.
G’day Campfire Nation,
A quieter week around the campfire, with three new pieces to settle in with.
There’s bush humour from Vaughan Baker, a look at the love poetry of Breaker Morant with Tony Hammill, and the story behind Courtney Rose’s forthcoming single Zelia.
We’ve also freshened up the homepage, and this week I’d love to know who you’d invite to spend an evening around the campfire. You’ll find the question below.
Did You Know?
We’ve freshened up the Country Campfire homepage to make it easier to find what you enjoy: Bush Poetry, Country Music, Australian History & Heritage, and Camping & Campfires.
You can also keep scrolling through everything we’ve published—including a few older gems you might have missed. Have a wander next time you drop by.
This week around Country Campfire
Keeping The Verse Alive
Vaughan Baker brings the bush humour, while Tony Hammill explores Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant’s romantic verse through his commentary and two of Morant’s poems.
Country Music
Courtney Rose draws on her experience of a Pilbara cyclone for her forthcoming single. Zelia arrives on 3 November, with the story and pre-save details in this week’s feature.
Catch up around the campfire
Missed last Sunday’s edition? Catch up on Walers, creek-camp memories, a mango-tree yarn, country music and the latest podcast and YouTube additions.
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This Week’s Question Around the Campfire
If you could spend one evening around the campfire with any Australian, past or present, who would you choose—and why?
A poet, musician, explorer, sporting great or someone from your own family—who would you pull up a chair for?
Leave a comment below and tell us your pick—and what you’d love to ask them.
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1 comment
Other than wanting to spend a night around the campfire with my Mum, Dad and late husband, I would really love to spend time with my great uncle Ted Harrington, the bush balladist. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to meet him in person. Other than being a prolific writer back in the early 1900’s until his death in 1966, Ted was a great story teller. Although not well educated, he wrote his first poem at the age of 9. Ted took part in the charge at Beersheba on the 31st October 1917 and in the 1918 advance to Damascus as one of the 4th light horseman and wrote about the war in many of his poems. One of his famous poems “My Old black Billy” was set to music and the family story is that when he was helping an uncle on his farm, Ted went missing and was found under a tree writing the poem. Ted had a great love for the bush and it would be amazing to sit around the campfire and listen to his stories.