While the tail-shaft’s turning
And the tyres are holding tight
While the tail-shaft’s turning
Keep steaming through the night.
Stop to check the binders
Loose ropes and shifting gear
Stop to boil the billy
Often wishing we weren’t here.
Tightening up the wheel-nuts
Tightening up chains
Steak twitching on glowing coals
Hot tins of Irish stew.
While the tyres are cooling
Swag roll for a bed
Tail-shaft slow turning
Only in my head
John's novel "The Ute" is now physical

◎
Available from Lulu.com in Paperback (pictured) for
AU$24.99
◎ Now
available at Lulu.com (Digital ePUB version) for
AU$3.50
◎ Also available on iTunes and Barnes & Noble book stores.
◎ 1st edition of "The Ute" (34pp shorter) still
available on Kindle (Kindle)
◎ For our US friends, A "ute" is
a utility vehicle; a pickup truck.
Paperback | Electronic |
Weight | 0.41kg | 0kg |
Pages | 238pp | big writing 2000pp |
Dimensions (cm) | 14.81 x 20.98 | 4 dimensional |
John Taylor
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