The Tanami

It was hot, dry and dusty,
And I don't suppose it's changed.
A place we called "the Tanami",
Our affections you'd find quite strange.


For according to the passer by,
if you travel along the Tanami Track.
There is little to see or do,
except for the infamous Rabbit Flat.


Ah yes, that favourite watering hole,
Where boys were cajolled to manhood initiations.
And caretakers Bruce and Jackie,
lived an eccentric life out in the isolation.


We lived in the desert too,
in camps with names of "DBS" and "Ivy".
"The Granites" mine not far away,
but only the accommodation we would envy.


For exploration geos and fieldies,
were free to roam the endless red expanse.



(a working progress)