Gundungurra

The scents and sounds of bush awakening

mist rolling in

frost draining down 

river system 

yellowtails flying home at night 

call of the wattle bird

the dance of the lyre

the bower of the satin

the stillness in the gorge

the colour of the river and invasive carp

the platypus surfacing on the riverbend

the slow noxious weed

progression on the river banks

opposed to the pockets 

of pristine untouched ferns 

by the creek

finches and wrens darting and dancing in the morning 

the colours in the sky over the western ranges at sunset

the banksias springing 

from rain on the escarpment 

the frogs calling 

in the night 

the emus up from the valley 

the koala unmoving 

wedged in the tree

the wedgies with the latest offspring 

circling the landscape

the lightning struck tree on the ironstone ridge

the few native trout in the waterholes left in the creek

the black snake hunting 

for skinks

the swans nesting 

in the rushes 

~ Doug Graham