Tanami Trek - Part 2.

Rob Cook is now well along the way -

Tanami Trek
part 2.

Suplejack Station is now far behind,
this journey so far is one of a kind.

One of me brothers said don’t be a big sook,
just suck it up, it wont be too crook,
now only a few hundred kilometres to go
it’d be bloody worse if there was - - - snow.

We hope we won’t have to - overtake a roadtrain,
even corrugations are causing some strain,
bouncin’ about in a fine red dust cloud
a roadtrain would enclose me in a particle shroud.

Luke Bevan says of the pace that I’m makin’
should get me to ‘Alice without too much shakin’
the dust storm I’d make would be barely a puff.

Just crossin’ ol’ Tanami will be enough

to prove to those blokes who get a surprise
when their helicopter does the opposite of rise
that being disabled is not the bloody end –

just get on with life
my bush buddy friend.
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©. Rimeriter
18/6/11.