A Place We Call Home

A place we call Home By Kevin L Fairbrother The cold westerly winds rolls down the hills and across the plains The frost on the ground as thick as a man’s hand The air drawn in chills the body to the bone This is the Central Plateau, the place we call home … Living here you need to be strong and resilient Prepared to take what- ever Mother Nature brings Wake to a snow blanket or biting winds and freezing rain Or just maybe experience a hot sunny day … Life is hard for the high country people Work to be done what-ever the weather Wood to cut to keep the home fires burning Feeding out or mustering or maybe a hunt Keeps meat on the table and the dogs with a full gut … We choose to live and work in the high country For the place is special, gives us a natural high No place for the hustle and bustle of towns and cities This place so peaceful, serine and quite … A visit to the high country an experience you will never forget The extremes of weather, the rolling plains and the craggy mountains The glistening waters of the streams, the rivers and lakes The majestic Cider Gum, the snow gums and mountain heath … For the Central Plateau is like nowhere else on earth For the dream time of old, the pristine wilderness The night sky glistening and sparkling so very close I love the high country, the place I call home