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Chapter 2 We need more planets
We need more planets, apparently, because one just isn’t enough for our chaotic existence! We’re all about over-extraction while ignoring Mother Nature’s tantrums. Let’s throw some GPS collars on cattle, embrace ancient nomadic wisdom, and finally salvage our eco-mess before the land starts sending eviction notices!
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Chapter 3 Wiradjuri
In a world where ancient wisdom meets modern chaos, a gentle carbon footprint is overwhelmed by the wild antics of contemporary life. Nature’s tranquility is swapped for industrial headaches, where farmers lament failed crops while tempers boil over like a forgotten pot. Time for a Wiradjuri-style reboot: backflip or bust!
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Chapter 4 Freedom
The content reflects on the disruption of freedom and cultural movement imposed by invaders in Australia. It emphasizes a return to the original spirit of the land, advocating for the adoption of the first peoples’ laws of movement to restore balance. The narrative highlights environmental degradation and calls for awareness and respect towards the land’s…
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Chapter 5 A post to clarify the reason for my posts
I have a life time in this lachlan riverine environment. I consider myself an environmental poet. And I hope visitors will be inspired to protect the environment around them from what I have to say about climate change on a community level. and any funds gained from my writing projects goes towards the betterment of…
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Chapter 6 Wow. I got hold of this Book amazing library of poems and prose.
Salvaged them from the wreckage of the Anthropogenic Era error. From the black box of the wreckage. Out in barren back blocks of the scorched continent. Got them. Now. Hurry, last rocket to the moon space port. Smuggled the box recording through The alien custom officials. Cajoled, bought. Now. Much to do Think outside the…
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Chapter 7 Cargelligo Wetlands in crisis
What to do about the influx of carp after the floods and as it seems forever after One solution is to eat them European carp victim of prejudice. Here is why they get a bad rap. Off-flavour taint of aquaculture products, including around European carp is a global issue reducing consumer confidence in the farmed…
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Chapter 8 Time Bomb
1 Time bomb. No way forward. I am the blighter writing for the blighted. Perhaps that’s a bit short sighted. Qualification on First Nation, nil. Raised on galah stew. That’ll do. The job is not easy. It’s Amount’n to . A mount’n to high. A mount’n of work. Some will deny hands down. But I’ll…
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Chapter 9 CONVERSATION’S view on the voice
Three articles by Conversations journalists clarifying Uluru statement from the heart. Headed by a plea by Post author Eddie Vagg in the form of a poem. Eddie Vagg’s poem First People inspired by ancient campsite, cries out for Truth Telling I’m not kidd”n I walk across an ancient midden. I feel I just want to…
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Chapter 10 How flat is my Valley. This version is for mobiles
How flat is my Valley The Lachlan Valley in New South Wales Sunset after the flood 2/3/2023. Environmental water flowing past My home on 703 River Road lake Cargelligo to protect the lower Lachlan from the sudden dry Galari ( Lachlan River) It is the basis of my book Cargelligowetlands(see LachlanRiverlung.com) this Lachlan River in…
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Chapter 11 Chains and Bladders and Lake Cargelligo
and the healing wounds of a Country under the weather Chains and bladders and healing wounds of a country under the weather. This poem was written by me during the many ebbs and flows of the Lachlan River. This was a dry spell around 2009 that prompted me to write this way The trees were chained…
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