Australian Bush Poetry

Heat, dust and rain on the horizon: Poeta de Cabra follows a weary wheat …

Phil’s last load of hay comes with a roadside stop he can’t afford. Vaughan …

Scott Farquhar looks back at the hard old days of outback trucking—and admits that …

After years of drought, the first rain feels like liquid gold to a farmer …

Two pub yarn-spinners set out to prove the brilliance of their long-suffering dogs in …

Australia’s political class is whisked from its comforts and sent scrambling through the scrub …

A pricey Brahman bull, a mysterious potion and a farmyard cat make for a …

From the quiet of a truck cab, Scott Farquhar reflects on the black dog, …

Old Bluey has spent a lifetime in the shearing sheds—or so he tells a …

A routine trip to the milking shed becomes a bruising battle of wills between …

Red dust, aching bones and the call of the Outback shape this reflective poem …

Geoff Bagman takes us from childhood dreams of space and the spell of Woodstock …

From drought and dusty farms to rain-filled waterways and wildflowers, David J Delaney celebrates …

A lonely gate, a pitch-black Top End night and fifty-three metres that feel much …

A reflective poem about loving the Australian bush from afar, imagining its sounds, wildlife …

A sharp, humorous portrait of a station loafer whose thirst, opinions and talent for …

Two huge weeks around the campfire: ten new poems, three podcast episodes, five country …

Geoff Bagman takes us from a forgotten box of goon at the back of …

A solemn bush poem about Aboriginal Australian trackers sent to the Boer War, the …

Three swaggering larrikins go looking for trouble on Fitzroy Street — and discover one …