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Bush Poetry

The Glass-Half-full Bloke

by Keeping The Verse Alive October 18, 2026

Bill finds a bright side to bushfires, drought and floods. His wife Dot sees …

by Keeping The Verse Alive October 18, 2026

Walers

October 17, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 17, 2026

Lucky Country

October 16, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 16, 2026

Creek Camp Memories

October 13, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive October 13, 2026
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Country Music

Courtney Rose Turns a Pilbara Cyclone into Song with ‘Zelia’

by Alex Bender October 22, 2026

From Queensland family band Unbranded to Port Hedland, Courtney Rose’s next chapter draws on …

by Alex Bender October 22, 2026

Tara Laurel Joy Finds the Funny Side in “Why Do I Bother with Boys?”

October 15, 2026
by Alex Bender October 15, 2026

Amberley Maryellen Brings New Love Home in ‘Green Eyes’

October 10, 2026
by Alex Bender October 10, 2026

Katie Jayne Raises a Coke Zero to a New Chapter with ‘Beer & Broken’

October 9, 2026
by Alex Bender October 9, 2026
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Australian History & Heritage

Macpherson and Mt Abundance

by Country Campfire Editorial October 2, 2026

Tony Hammill recounts Allan Macpherson’s ambitious attempt to establish Mount Abundance near Roma, the …

by Country Campfire Editorial October 2, 2026

J.F. Archibald

September 23, 2026
by Country Campfire Editorial September 23, 2026

Leichhardt in the Brisbane Valley

September 18, 2026
by Country Campfire Editorial September 18, 2026

Billy Mateer: The Man Who Raced the Flood

September 10, 2026
by Country Campfire Editorial September 10, 2026
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Camping & Campfires

Thai Beef Salad on the Road — Footloose Drifters

by Campfire Cooking September 24, 2026

Footloose Drifters share their quick Thai beef salad for days spent exploring and eating …

by Campfire Cooking September 24, 2026

Myroodah Crossing: Riverside Camping on the Fitzroy River, WA

September 14, 2026
by The Campground Project September 14, 2026

Ranger Nick Takes Aim at an Australian Record With Giant Australia-Shaped Meatloaf

August 25, 2026
by Alex Bender August 25, 2026

Illawara Creek Bush Camp: A Hidden Creekside Camp Near Top Springs, NT

August 11, 2026
by The Campground Project August 11, 2026
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Piper Butcher seated in the Australian bush, with the title Never Know You Again and a small Country Campfire icon
Country Music

Piper Butcher’s ‘Never Know You Again’ Carries a Message Worth Hearing

by Alex Bender September 28, 2026
by Alex Bender September 28, 2026

Piper Butcher’s new single “Never Know You Again” grew from a personal loss. She shares its message as her CMC Rocks QLD 2027 appearance comes into view.

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Country Music

Loren Ryan Lets ‘WILD ONE’ Loose Ahead of Two Big Festival Stages

by Alex Bender September 27, 2026
by Alex Bender September 27, 2026

Loren Ryan flips the story of Jolene with ‘WILD ONE’, a darker new single ahead of Strummingbird Newcastle and CMC Rocks QLD 2027.

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Bush Poetry

A tragic tale (tail?) of two dogs

by Keeping The Verse Alive September 27, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive September 27, 2026

Two pub yarn-spinners set out to prove the brilliance of their long-suffering dogs in Peter Pentland’s darkly comic bush poem.

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Campfire Roundup for 27 September 2026, showing a sunlit bush camp table with a poem notebook, country music microphone, campfire cooking, guitar and the approved Country Campfire logo.
Campfire Roundup

Campfire Roundup — September 27: J.F. Archibald, Six Poems & Campfire Cooking

by Alex Bender September 27, 2026
by Alex Bender September 27, 2026

Tony Hammill on J.F. Archibald, six new poems, campfire cooking, Vaughan Baker’s Legend page, three music features and two podcast recitals.

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Nadine Cockrem with acoustic guitar in a grassy field at sunset, with Ember title and Country Campfire logo
Country Music

Nadine Cockrem Carries “Ember” Into the Light After 12 Years

by Alex Bender September 25, 2026
by Alex Bender September 25, 2026

Far North Queensland songwriter Nadine Cockrem wrote “Ember” more than 12 years ago. Now the deeply personal song is becoming her debut single on 2 October.

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Australian politicians struggling through bush scrub near a wire fence at sunrise, with Parliament House on the horizon, for An Improvement To The Nation by James Cayce.
Bush Poetry

An Improvement To The Nation

by Keeping The Verse Alive September 25, 2026
by Keeping The Verse Alive September 25, 2026

Australia’s political class is whisked from its comforts and sent scrambling through the scrub in James Cayce’s sharp, dreamlike satire.

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