an excerpt from THE SNOWY RIVER - A LAMENT
When will the mighty Snowy be a river once again?
For now it's just a trickle, and a weed-infested drain.
The River's heart is broken, but it hasn't wept for years,
For there's insufficient water for the shedding of its tears.
The River's spirit's grieving, and its soul is in distress,
As its banks grow more extensive and the water flow is less.
If you're camping at McKillop's where the River's inches deep;
Where the cypress-pines grow sparsely on the hillsides, dry and steep;
It is grievous to remember the quite fantastic sight
When the massive floods in Springtime showed the Snowy's awesome might.
When the mountains would be shaken, they'd be shaken to the core,
By the spate of surging water and the Snowy's fearsome roar.
When the rocks were tossed like marbles in its ancient river-bed,
As it gathered all the waters from its mountain watershed.
But now I mourn in sorrow as I've watched the river wane,
When will the mighty Snowy be a river once again?...
ISBN: 0 9585443 8 7
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CONTENTS
A Late Muster
The Ghost Of Mount Buffalo Chalet
Fit Chains Here!
A High Country Clothes-Line
Mount Buffalo Sallee
Mount Buffalo
Mount Buffalo 2
The Snowy River - A Lament
The Kookaburra
Camping At Willis
The Ghost Of Lord Harry
Names on the Omeo Highway
Clematis
Guide Alice
Mount Buffalo Chalet
"Nimmity Rugs"
Weston's Hut
The Annual Muster
Names From The Mountains
A Bit of Bull!
Rolls of Honour
Brumbies
Grant Wilsher - A Diff. Man from Snowy River
Mystery - A Life Restored
The Mountain Cattlemen
Half-a-thousand Steps
The Monolith