Poem - Nature Walk 1st April 2025

As I get out of the car 

I see a magpie above me on a branch 

Another sweet friend 

I've made again 

The park is before us 

A path leading into a small forest of tall trees 

While down the road in the distance 

The mountains can be seen 

And the great forest surrounding the pine River 

We start our walk 

Stepping around a fallen old tree 

Since the cyclone 

Likes of this we often see 

Walking along 

We feel so small compared to the trees 

And I hear birds 

Butcher birds and other birds 

Singing in their nature home 

With their friends they know they're not alone 

The colours of nature 

Green and Brown 

Surround us now 

There's so many different types of trees here 

We walk eventually slowly uphill 

And through trees and trees 

Suddenly I spot 

High up in a grand eucalyptus tree 

A koala, huddled up sleeping in the tree fork 

So excited we take photos 

And the koala wakes from us 

Sleepily looking in our direction 

So wonderful to know koalas live here 

So close to home

Truly my neighbour 

We walk along uphill through the many trees 

Through the trees we see glimpses of a view 

Of the far mountains so beautiful and vast

And around here I see wildflowers 

Little yellow daisies with dark green groundcover 

The same I saw at Mungarra Reserve 

And other tiny yellow flowers on a sprawling weed vine 

All the same they brighten our day 

And along by the forest 

We see a sweet bush turkey 

Black with their fan tail and red heads 

A beautiful part of nature 

Living harmoniously 

Finally we reach the end at the top of the hill 

The walk the way back is much the same 

And I hear 4 or 5 different species of birds, some forest birds, and some more suburban birds 

A beautiful forest walk 

That we found 

Just on the edge of town.