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September 2009
This is Rupert's Poem to celebrate Queensland's 150th
Birthday
Queensland
born Queensland bred, many thoughts flow through my head
The time has
come to beat the drum, this colony deserves some cred!
A story told
on fields of gold , where Glasshouse Mountain views
unfold
With sun and
surf and Gabba turf, and Allan Border blazing bold!
Across the
field – our maiden Shield, Matt the Bat – his windmills
wield
With wide
verandah – Cairns Kuranda, Jacaranda then revealed
A tribe of
thongs in Billabongs, with Billy Thorpe and Bee Gees
songs
Now Malouf’s
book says James can Cook , with Dickie Johnson’s true
blue tongs!
The backyard
crew in barbeque!, there’s Judith Wright and Oodgeroo
Gold Coast
Indy – Dad of Bindie, Crikey it’s Australia Zoo!
Great White
Sharks, National Parks , Savage Gardens, Birdsville
larks
Perkins’
pool, Wayne Bennett’s rule, with Cathy Freeman – on ya
marks!
Ah here we go
and hail Sir Joh, And ride the Isa Rodeo!
Where cane
toads croak for Woodford folk, declare an end to polio
Yes
vaccination, Frazer’s station , Railway tracks free
education
City Halls
and Burdekin Falls , and QIMR inspiration!
Islands,
ridges, Hornibrook bridges, Straddie, Fraser, back deck
fridges
XXXX brewin –
Mickey Doohan, Parliament could hear the didges!
Currumbin’s
wild and Southbank’s nice, lives are saved in Paradise
The Daintree
lush with Geoffrey Rush, Whitsundays adds Magnetic spice
Allan Langer,
Rocky banger!, Tree of Knowledge, airplane hangar
Powderfinger,
Mal Meninga, feastin’ on a mud crab sanger!
Rocket Rod,
he gets the nod, Wally Lewis – demigod!
Knew every
blade of Lang Park Stade, and Blue Care fought against
the odds
Johnny Flynn
– the great Gunsynd!, was sailing on a Gladstone wind
Old Clem
Jones – he bled maroon, Matilda winked and Mabo grinned
Regatta
chains for female claims, 82 - The Commonwealth Games
Our Qantas
Roo got up and flew!, the Longreach Stockman’s Hall Of
Fame
The Belle
Hotel and Cloudland fell, Will McInnes, Charles Chauvel
With flower
clusters, Gympie Musters, Hugh Lunn - Q1 - Paw Paw Gel
And Yatala
Pies and Noosa Tris, and gold was Madam Butterfly’s
And Mango
Weis and Leslie Thiess, and Kingsford Smith – he ruled
the skies!
Now kids
alive to do the five, a place where big pineapples
thrive
The outback
honours Graeme Connors, Lava tubes and lammie drives!
Hey spend a
day on Moreton Bay! , SES – ICPA
Tilted trains
through fields of cane, Wotif.com.au ay!
Ekka Mecca St
John’s spire, Tone Fitzgerald – let’s enquire
Doctors
flying, Dingoes trying, Old museum and Riverfire
The Bundy
Bear – we’re almost there!, B&S - School of the Air
On Rafter’s
racquet – Big Grant Hackett!, Gateway to the Great Court
square
Skyrail leaf
– the Barrier Reef, Brekky Creek does beer and beef
Expo crowns
the Darling Downs, I’m Glad there’s room for Miss
Moncrieff!
With floods
and spuds and stormy scuds, Dad and Dave was Mister
Rudd’s
Stanthorpe
grapes, Panyiri crepes, and Urban tunes – there ain’t no
duds!
Carnarvon
Gorges Bunya grange, Macadamic nuts exchange
Royal Ag
signs, Koala Pines, where none divides except the Range!
No every
feather stands together, thick and thin – through any
weather
Cross the
Story bridged by glory, fastened by a friendly tether
Strengthened
by a spirit crown, a pride that never lets you down
With that, I
say hip hip hooray, Happy birthday Queensland town!
Rupert McCall |
