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FEBRUARY
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27th
SNOWY MOUNTAINS
I suppose you think Australia is all plains and white hot sun Well, don’t forget the mountains where the snowy rivers run, Where the land is wild and rugged and, in winter, icy cold And the people, like the country, are hardy, free and bold.
Snow gums grace the mountainside and tussock grass the flat
And men and horses work to rear the cattle sleek and fat.
In Springtime, Summer and Autumn, stock graze on that high plain And before the Winter snow falls, they bring them down again.
Then the rivers, filled with melted snow, flow icy, deep and fast One slip midstream on horseback may well be your last!
There are few things I like better than to ride a mountain track And listen to a bird call as another echoes back.
The mountain song of currawong from treetops up on high, And sulphur-crested cockatoos that screech across the sky, The crystal Winter coolness of a Snowy Mountain morn What a place to be alive . . . and glad that you were born!
Mike Jackson
