My Country
My Country
The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded lanes.
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins,
Strong love of grey-blue distance
Brown streams and soft dim skies
I know but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!
A stark white ring-barked forest
All tragic to the moon,
The sapphire-misted mountains,
The hot gold hush of noon.
Green tangle of the brushes,
Where lithe lianas coil,
And orchids deck the tree-tops
And ferns the warm dark soil.
Core of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When sick at heart, around us,
We see the cattle die-
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady, soaking rain.
Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the Rainbow Gold,
For flood and fire and famine,
She pays us back threefold-
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze.
An opal-hearted country,
A wilful, lavish land-
All you who have not loved her,
You will not understand-
Though earth holds many splendours,
Wherever I may die,
I know to what brown country
My homing thoughts will fly.
Dorothea Mackellar
(1885 – 1968)
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Kenny Gulley Jr.
awwweeesssoome
Warren Williams
Stunning series of images.
filthy6
There is great thought process at work here and you’ve accomplished something spectacular here, GP.
fotobahn
Vibrant!
David Iori
Stunning collection, hope you sell lots of these prints
Curtiss Simpson
Beautiful collage of images you put together there very beautiful !
amygee
Very Nice!
Maree Toogood
Fantastic collage, great poster
Al Bourassa
What a great collage Varinia!! Well done!
Tony Middleton
wonderful collage ! sums up the eroded age and dryness of our country on a whole.
micmac
Fantastic choice ,what a beautiful country.
Dharna
I love this poem. I remember one verse as an add many years ago. Great images you have selected as well.
Jacqueline Bar...
that looks great!
Gino Iori
Some greats shots in this one – my favourite is the one in the middle
DWarren
Spectacular images in this collage…....wonderful work!
Steven Agius
Excellent collage Varinia, this looks awesome well done.
Mark Gardner
wonderful, some beautiful images here, i think you have a winner :-)
davidmilne
Absolutely stunning work Varinia,excellent collage,beautifully presented !!!
Globalphotos
Thank you all so very much xx
Phil Thomson IPA
A Beautiful Collage of rich, vibrant images, so representative of our Beautiful Land, to match the verse !!! A delight to behold, Varinia !!
Sean Farragher
fantastic,well done
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LocoCow
Great Collage, every panel has a different beautiful story.. Lovely
J.K. York
beautiful collection. each on a mini masterpiece. very powerful with the vibrant colors. very nicely done.
Kurt Tutschek
! excellent combination of shots. great.
Romeo Koitmäe
GREAT WORK!!! Very beautiful!
Globalphotos
Thank you so much xx
PennyEdwardes
This is just wonderful Global! What an incredibly beautiful tribute to our country…well done!
Gene Praag
Incredble collage of beautiful images. Great presentation!
John Edwards
Views of my favourite country alongside my favourite poem. Perfect
BornToRoam
Now that’s what I’m talking about, excellent images, would make a great postcard. Better than ones in the store that’s for sure .
Els Steutel
wow this is fantastic!!
wolfman
now that’s an awesome look at australia. don’ get better than that weel done.
Antanas
Great capture
Caroline Gorka
Great work…! Be a fantastic poster for travel company, or book cover.
Kelly J
This is one of the best I have seen of this wonderful country of ours! I hope you have had heaps of success with this… An instant fave!
KathyT
A beautiful collection illustrating the diverse beauty of our wonderful landscape.
Mandy Fell
a great collection fab idea.
Dreamcoat
Great montage. Focused on key areas of the country, despite their being no built-up shots it still makes a great natural focus. I like it.
Globalphotos replied
Thank you so much for all your comments Damien, appreciated :)
Dreamcoat
Very appropriate for the poem, a known classic.
salsbells69
Welcome addition to the Outback Group ~! Gorgeous work Global :))
gatherdowns
Too capture one great shot good enough to send to anybody around the world. To give them a feel for the place, is truly awesome . Damn you have done it many more times on the one card.
elphonline
Love Australia, Love your calendar
Globalphotos
Thank you so much :))
EarthGipsy
Fabulous work GP.
Marilyn Harris
Such an appropriate poem to go with your beautiful photos of our glorious country!! :o)
Gavin Reddrop
such a great set of photos, I love our sunburnt country too.
Jhug
A wonderful pictorial essay. Great work!
Darren Stones
Classy work indeed.
gillsart
Happy Australia Day to Us !
AlexMac
WOOHOOO congrats on the homepage
Phil Thomson IPA
Congratulations V. !!!!! You’re “Front Page News” on Australia Day !!!! “Bonza work” !!!!
Sharon Robertson
Congrats on the FRONT PAGE 26/01/2009 :o)
Globalphotos
Thanks so much, Happy Australia Day !!!
mimi yoon
congratulations varinia…
and happy australia day !!!
KatsEye
Congrats on the feature in Collective Collage.
KatsEye