I love a sunburned country, of rugged mt. ranges, of droughts and flooding rains

[bob10]

One part of the country burns, the other floods. Dorothea got it right.


Urgent warning is issued as Tropical Cyclone Claudia brings half a metre of rain to parts of the Northern Territory (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/urgent-warning-is-issued-as-tropical-cyclone-claudia-brings-half-a-metre-of-rain-to-parts-of-the-northern-territory/ar-BBYRIu5?ocid=spartandhp)

[Tombie]

Oh look another thread about Fire, Flood and Rain.

[BradC]

Oh look another thread about Fire, Flood and Rain.

Living here you would think people would be used to it by now. We have all 3 in some way shape or form every year. Melbourne excepted where it's not unusual to have all 3 in a day [bigwhistle]

[Johndoe]

If its hot or fire its climate change.
If its cold or windy its the random Australian Weather.

Yep got it thanks.

[bob10]

Well, I thought I would post a story about the monsoon starting in the North, which may brighten some ones day. Some of you fellas should really get out more.

[bob10]

Here is Dorothea saying her poem. Her Scottish brogue shines through. If you haven't heard it, you're not really an Aussie. [smilebigeye]



dorothea mackellar my country - Bing video (https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=dorothea+mackellar+my+country&view=detail&mid=4114DE563245BBC6C9644114DE563245BBC6C964&FORM=VIRE)

[ramblingboy42]

the old year went and the new returned in the withering months of drought......

[ramblingboy42]

If its hot or fire its climate change.
If its cold or windy its the random Australian Weather.

Yep got it thanks.

you forgot to say something about wet or dry.....

[bob10]

the old year went and the new returned in the withering months of drought......

Sounds a bit like Lawson. This poem of his is apt.

The Bush Fire, a poem by Henry Lawson (http://ironbarkresources.com/henrylawson/BushFire.html)

[ramblingboy42]

yeah it is Lawson.

I was only reading it last night after your post.

Now I'll have to find and read 'bushfire'

[bob10]

You may already know about this mob. Australian bush poets association.

ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association (http://www.abpa.org.au/)

[Saitch]

One bloke who was pretty good at bush poetry, among other things, was 'Bunger' Johnson.
I had the pleasure of listening to quite a few recitations from him.

[bob10]

I was turned off a couple of modern bush poets, because they lived in the big smoke, and rarely travelled west. They just went from festival to festival. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose, but go to most outback towns, you'll find some one who can quote Banjo or Henry, I haven't found many who write their own. Mores the pity, I believe you are not genuine if you don't live it. I'm sure there are many who live it and write it, I just haven't been out there for a while, to find them. Like the drover, a dying breed.

[DiscoMick]

Bush fires, floods, hail and dust storms - it's all happening.