Heat, dust and rain on the horizon: Poeta de Cabra follows a weary wheat …
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Written Bush Poetry
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A thumping heart, trembling hands and a cheerful woman with a simple request. David …
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Phil’s last load of hay comes with a roadside stop he can’t afford. Vaughan …
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Scott Farquhar looks back at the hard old days of outback trucking—and admits that …
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After years of drought, the first rain feels like liquid gold to a farmer …
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Two pub yarn-spinners set out to prove the brilliance of their long-suffering dogs in …
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Australia’s political class is whisked from its comforts and sent scrambling through the scrub …
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A prize-winning bush poet takes the stage at a country festival ball, where long …
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A pricey Brahman bull, a mysterious potion and a farmyard cat make for a …
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From the quiet of a truck cab, Scott Farquhar reflects on the black dog, …
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Old Bluey has spent a lifetime in the shearing sheds—or so he tells a …
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A routine trip to the milking shed becomes a bruising battle of wills between …
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Red dust, aching bones and the call of the Outback shape this reflective poem …
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Geoff Bagman takes us from childhood dreams of space and the spell of Woodstock …
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A lonely gate, a pitch-black Top End night and fifty-three metres that feel much …
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A reflective poem about loving the Australian bush from afar, imagining its sounds, wildlife …
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A sharp, humorous portrait of a station loafer whose thirst, opinions and talent for …
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Geoff Bagman takes us from a forgotten box of goon at the back of …
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A solemn bush poem about Aboriginal Australian trackers sent to the Boer War, the …
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Narelle Stoll’s bush poem “Number 24” honours Norwegian resistance hero Gunnar Sønsteby and the …
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