Golden Wattle Stories, Dreams, and Poems

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 photo...

Benji the butcher bird a grey butcher bird quickly visited me today on the deck railing as I was outside 💕

As you drive along Eaton's Crossing road  Towards Samford  Beautiful views open up to you  Of the mountains  And soon enough  You see a small township on flat grounds to the left  Between the mountains  Of a number of rural homes  Eventually you turn left  Onto Mount Samson Road  And pass by more beautiful views  Of a landscape surrounded by mountains  The landscape is so green  You pass the sports fields  Then some huge farm paddocks with lazy contented cows  Then some quaint little country houses  And the quaint little old church  Arriving to the township now  Over the crossing over the creek  And now there's lazy shops around  And restaurants  But you can still see the mountains in the distance from the township There's a lovely pub on the right that plays live music  And a few unique gift shops dotted around  Past the town central park surrounded by gardens and tall tre...

Down the South of the country Past cities,  many towns  And endless grass and eucalyptus trees  Lived my Uncle on his farm  Such a long drive from a little sleepy country town  Past so many huge trees by the road  Past many other farms and paddocks  Nestled in a secret nook no-one would ever find  In its own little world  Appeared,  a little farm cottage house Amongst a healthy bright green garden  And out in the distance,  vast lush green hilly paddocks  You immediately see a small lake down behind the cottage and down behind a few fruit trees  "Ruff ruff!" You meet Woody my uncles large golden beige farm dog.  He is young and loves his free adventurous life on the farm!   Inside the cottage feels like a cozy cabin.  You feel it has history as it has some age to it.  The kitchen and dining area is to the left overlooking the back garden and small lake and living area is to the right with a he...

I visit again and again  Walking that journey down to the end of the jetty Step by step  I glide through  Softly touching the jetty edge rail  Brilliant blue vast vast ocean lighting up my world  And the vibrant vast blue skies with all its soft fluffy clouds  A sunshine day A dream of a simple life  Only a few village folk are around  This is such a peaceful tranquil quiet day  Step,  step,  step  Getting further from the shore  Out into lady sea  Down down to the boarding ramps They rock a little back and forth  Upon the water  Thousands of small fish dance down deep  Yes I see fish sometimes  Once a giant sting ray  So many memories  Of the vibrant happy village people  And of course the sea birds  Are an often sight  Nothing enchants me  Like the ocean water  The sea depths  This day out far in pure nature In walking back too  You feel raw and alive...

It's always a bright joyful place  You know you're there when you see the bright sparkling blue water  You enter a garden by the lake Soon reaching the path by the lake  Little birds are chirping and flitting about up in the trees  Bearded Dragons small to big offer a friendly welcome letting you know this is their home you have come to  As you walk by the water you see some water birds, water wren with their black and dark blue bodies and red beaks. They honk to eachother  Talking to their loved ones  And they are just always foraging on the edge of the lake  You pass quaint peaceful quiet little apartments next to the lake  Each With their own lovely little garden You pass under tall shady trees that block out a lot of light  Walking through a more open space by the lake you find more bearded dragons of all sizes sunning themselves on the grass next to the garden beds  You see a lot of colourful water plants here in the distance,...

If Mother Nature wants to tell us about what Spring means,  she's saying colour.   I guess the Jacarandas are a sign of spring...  From nature  Everywhere,  they are determined to be at the top of everyone's imagination  For this short time  Giant calm purple flowered trees  The Purple flowered trees dotting my human landscape of roads, cars, houses  But they take over  Now these jacarandas are all you see An abundance of soft purple petals Soft purple petals covering the ground  The trees shine and radiate with beauty taking over the whole of this part of the world  Such a large area that you find them again and again  Singing a beautiful instrumental song  Spotting light purple in nature from the areas of houses to parks to the edge of town and even far away in the countryside  Driving they will sing to you everywhere  Those purple flowering trees  They are telling me  Nature flows throughou...