Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streamsSeeking grace in every step he takesHis sight has turned inside himself to try and understandThe serenity of a clear blue mountain lake From Rocky Mountain High Beautiful song and lyrics by Mike Taylor and the late, great John Denver Kalbarri National Park, in Western … Continue reading The Gorges of Kalbarri National Park
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Expectations and False Dawns
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,And I'm wondering what it is I should do,It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place, By Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan of Stealers Wheel Stuck in the middle of Jurien Bay with MTC. Not a bad place really … Continue reading Expectations and False Dawns
Let’s Get Some Perspective
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?      — Only the monstrous anger of the guns.      Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons. Wilfred Owen War Poet The lone cross in my mother's garden that reminds us of the futility of war Private Eric Low was my great uncle. I never met him of … Continue reading Let’s Get Some Perspective
Mad Dash for the Turquoise Coast
I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far awayAnd driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver We weren't quite being called home but it became obvious that … Continue reading Mad Dash for the Turquoise Coast
“We will remember them”
All alone am I ever since your goodbyeAll alone with just a beat of my heartPeople all around but I don't hear a soundJust the lonely beating of my heart written by Altman Arthur and Hadjidakis Manos Performed so beautifully by Brenda Lee I am not alone, of course, because I have the beautiful and … Continue reading “We will remember them”
The Great Southern Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvrEpK31oc Oh Gerry if only you'd known when you introduced this song to the pop world. I love this song - such a haunting version and how apt for these difficult times. Bet you didn't know that we can thank Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for writing it for their musical Carousel. We moved on … Continue reading The Great Southern Ocean
Changes
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-changes Turn and Face the strange Ch-ch-changes There's going to have to be a different man The late great David Bowie Campervans self isolating It is said that when Ziggie first started writing songs he copied chunks of lyrics from newspaper and magazine articles. Whatever, he wrote some beautiful songs with some smart underlying meanings. … Continue reading Changes
Westward Ho!
Keep movin', movin', movin' Though they're disapproving Keep them dogies movin' rawhide by Ned Washington and Dmitir Tiomkin - Theme from Rawhide Moving west. Just like my favourite westerner Clint Eastwood in his many different guises as a cowpoke. We have been to Carmel, Ca. where Clint was the mayor. The story goes he couldn't … Continue reading Westward Ho!
The Nullabor Roadhouse
Ah, keep your eyes upon the road Your hands upon the wheel Keep your eyes upon the road Your hands upon the wheel Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse Gonna have a real good-time By a favourite band The Doors Crossing the Nullarbor is really a euphemism for driving the 1668kms of the Eyre Highway … Continue reading The Nullabor Roadhouse
The Seafood Frontier
We are headed for the Nullarbor Plains and the Eyre Highway which is the route to Western Australia. We were looking forward to enjoying this iconic stretch of highway. But you meet a lot of different people in campgrounds (time on our hands?) and they all said go around the Eyre Peninsula. So we did. … Continue reading The Seafood Frontier
Travels With Mr Gato Downunder 