{"id":102,"date":"2009-07-19T15:10:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T05:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fionalake.com.au\/blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2010-10-02T17:45:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T07:45:12","slug":"sandy-thorne-bush-story-teller-poet-entertainer-public-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fionalake.com.au\/blog\/sandy-thorne-bush-story-teller-poet-entertainer-public-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandy Thorne – bush story teller, poet, entertainer & public speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first 7 months of this year I’ve been trapped in the office tackling mountains of administration every day (that’s literally every day, not public-service ‘every day’; i.e. it has been the best part of 7 days a week, including public holidays; except for a couple of days over Easter and a trip away to a relative’s funeral). Plus many nights. And I’ll be chained to the office for at least the next four months – 7\/days a week. Unfortunately, not hours that are uncommon for a small business, and it’s the only way it’s possible for me to produce a book and run a household at the same time. If you want to test the hours worked by small business people, email an owner on a Saturday night or Sunday afternoon, and don’t be surprised if you receive a reply before Monday morning. <\/span><\/span>I am champing at the bit to get out into the sticks. While cleaning up yet another one of my silverfish tucker mountains, I came across a poem written by entertainer Sandy Thorne<\/a> when she opened the ‘Roaming around the bush’ exhibition in Roma, in 2008. Thanks again Sandy for the reminder of how it feels to be pining for the bush. As my reward for slaving away getting the office work back in order, I’m going to be away quite a bit next year, taking photographs and roaming around. Everyone needs some sort of carrot in mind, as an incentive to tackle the most tedious tasks. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Sandy’s poem I think I can also hear her remembering her days on a Cape York station too:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

She provides a feast for our hungry eyes<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span>Of scenes that we love, under outback skies<\/span><\/span><\/span>Stockmen riding out at dawn<\/span><\/span><\/span>Sweet-faced calves, all newly born<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Striving to keep up to the massive mob<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lean riders confident in their job<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yarding several thousand head<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Impressed, we gaze, our senses fed<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You can smell the dust, you can hear the din<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You return the happy stockman\u2019s grin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You feel their pride at a job well done<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Silhouetted by splendid setting sun<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And here they are, riding out again<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Across breath taking view of open plain<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Horses ears pricked, feel their keen stride<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hear the creak of leather, once again you ride<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As you did when you were young and free<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How these lifelike scenes muster memories<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For we ordinary folk who drew our pay <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And the big-time cattlemen, now going grey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To bushies trapped in concrete towers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These pictures wield quite magical powers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Taking them from boardrooms and penthouse suites<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Away from the noisy maddening streets<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To the freedom and peace, the friendship, the fun<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To where their hearts belong, out on the big runs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you Fiona, for the gift you share with us.<\/span><\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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