THE COMING BUSHMAN

1. Ours is a story of Christmas outback when Jesus the Bushman was born, a story of Mary and Joseph & Jesus, good people like us from the bush, good people like us from the bush,

2. We are the gamblers, the stockmen, the wise, the women who battle the scrub,
the people who wear no airs on their face
and know the price of a grave,
yes, we know the price of a grave..

3. Years we have waited for someone to come, born out of true country stock,
a bushman foretold by drovers of old,
a battler as straight as a die
a battler as straight as a die.

4. Late round the campfire we sang of our dream a man who is one with the bush,
a man who would gamble
his life for his friends,
and know the silence of God,
he would know the silence of God.

5. Ours is a story of Jesus the Bushman, born behind Bethlehem’s pub,
a boy who was born
to be king of the bush,
and die for his mates in the end,
he would die for his mates in the end.

30.9.24
 

Back from a Break 

During September, Dorothy and I travelled
to Norway and the UK.

After long flights
- Adelaide to Melbourne,
Melb to Dubai (14 hrs),
Dubai to Oslo (7 hrs) -
we did Norway in a nutshell
from Oslo to Bergen, then
the Hurtigruten Cruise 
up the west coast of Norway
and back again.
Then an 8 day Trafalgar tour
and 4 days in London,
before taking the direct flight
(16 3/4 hrs)
from Heathrow to Perth.
We're a bit tired (!) but we'll still be a part
of the LWA convention and the 
General Convention .

See some of you there.