Have you ever smashed a plate
While you’ve been on a date
Where you’ve seen a lissom dancer
Shake her belly?
Was the music very loud
Was she rather well endowed?
Wh... Read More
My spirits soar whene’er I see
The sunlit Darling Downs
The patchwork fields in nature’s hues
The reds, the golds, the browns.
The sky above is cobalt blue
The hill... Read More
Lord, today we celebrate Queensland Day
We thank you for the beautiful environment in which we live.
We pray, not just as Queenslanders,
but as Australians who are privileged to share this... Read More
A day of celebration
Of processions
Picnics
Citizenship ceremonies
Honours and awards
Cricket on the beach
Tennis on television
A day to proudly sing the national song
... Read More
In every city and country town
Across this wide brown land
At dawn on Anzac Day the people come
Some with medals earned in battle
Some bearing floral tributes
All honouring the mem... Read More
My ancestry’s English and Irish
I’ve affection for my forebears' land
But my home is in Australia,
The country I love
And I simply cannot understand
Why we cling to... Read More
Terra Australis Espiritu Santo
That was the name of the place we call home
When men with a vision left kindred and country
And sailed far away into waters unknown.
Australia, our mothe... Read More
Ancient monolith of dreamtime
Bearing the scars of time and wind and desecration
Rains have brought your arid plains to life
Desert myrtle, acacia and a myriad of flowers
Br... Read More
Season of mellow mists and fruitfulness’
According to the poet
But we don’t have an autumn here
The temperature will show it.
We have just two seasons-
Hot and mildly l... Read More
The rain has come and gone
Filling garden beds
And making the lawn
A miniature lake.
Now a blazing sun appears
And flowers lift their faces
To its ardent gaze.
Grey-green g... Read More