Open your eyes to Australia
© Dudley C. Pye A.M, J.P
The years 1947-1953 were the most significant of my life. From my first job as a dairy farm worker at 10 bob a week, until my enlistment as a soldier in the Regular Army, those years would provide the pattern for future endeavours.
Continue reading “Dudley C Pye: Six of the Best”If you have been around the showground, In the days now gone and went, I am sure your memory will recall, The old time Boxing, Tent. They turned up at your local show, Featured boxers from the past, And starry eyed young Koori kids, For whom the die has been cast.Continue reading “The Icecream Kid”
I could barely ride a horse, And that became the source, Of the terrifying course the day would take, The boss said to ride around a bit, Showed me how to mount and sit, But, he told me bugger all about the snake.Continue reading “The Addled Adder”
The sun rose above the canvas, Still moist from evening dew, Beneath the tarp the young warb stirred, Only partly frozen through.Continue reading “The Workings of a “Warb””