I was raised on a small sheep and wheat farm at Barkly, in the Wimmera District of Victoria before moving to Geelong to live and work.
Over the last fifteen years my partner Jenny and I have travelled extensively throughout Outback Australia, where I have worked as a tour guide in such iconic places as Uluru, Kakadu, The Gulf of Carpentaria and The Kimberley.
I have been writing and performing my bush poetry since the mid 1990s, gaining my inspirations from those innocent days growing up on the farm, as well as the sights I have seen, the places I have visited and the fascinating people I have met during my travels around Australia.
In my poetry I strive to capture the colours, the humour, the hardships and the spirit of Australia in a style that saw me win the prestigious ‘Golden Damper Award’ at the 2009 Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition.
These days I enjoy travelling around this beautiful country promoting my poetry and performing at festivals, functions and events. I have recorded three CDs and published a book of my poetry.
Please browse the pages of my website and check out the various links. Who knows what you’ll find?
Regards, Col.
Memoirs of a Sheep
CD of nine original poems including:
- Memoirs of a Sheep (Winner Golden Damper Award, Original Section, 2009 Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition)
Cost
$20 plus postage and handling.
Listen to a sample here
Ducks On The Pond
CD of 12 original poems including:
- The very funny title track ‘Ducks on the Pond’
- The painfully funny ‘The Procedure’
- The intoxicatingly funny ‘Tasting Group from Hell’
- The ridiculously funny ‘Bowel Scan Blues’
Cost
$20 plus postage and handling.
Listen to a sample here
My Fire
CD containing 14 original poems including:
- ‘A Wide Brown Land’ (Finalist, Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition 2002)
- ‘One for the Road’ (Third Place, Rusty Nail Bush Poetry Competition, Wedderburn 2003)
- ‘A Failed Romance’ (Finalist, Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition 2010)
Cost
$20 plus postage and handling.