"... I love a sun burnt country, a land of sweeping planes, a land of rugged mountain ranges, a land of droughts and flooding rains..."
After hearing Prince Charles referred to this famous Aussie poem during the Queensland floods, and after Warren posted that fantastic tongue & cheek map of Australia, It really touched a chord within me to read the full poem of "My Country". I was very little when I last read this poem and forgot most of it, except for the sunburnt country verse.
Reading this, really brings it home -
we are Australia.
"... her beauty and her terror ..." How very true!
Warren's map:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...se.php?a=89031
The Poem:
http://australianpoems.tripod.com/mycountry.html
They say wild weather patterns will get worse with global warming, but according to this poem, doesn't seem much has changed.
Perhaps the fact that we have more media coverage these days just makes our weather seem more extreme
What do you'll think?
I hope you enjoy this poem and that it may bring a smile upon your faces, despite all the worry and suffering many of us have endured recently regarding our weather.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oiy! oiy! oiy!
P.S. I'm not so sure about that bit that says "she pays us back threefold", though.
I don't think the farmers would agree.
They spent years in drought, then got plenty of rain to finally get their crops going and get some money, only to be flattened by a cyclone.
Aye!
Kind regards,
Suzy.
