In The Coastal Countryside

In the coastal countryside of the Moyne Shire the grass is drying brown

Between the City of Warrnambool and Koroit Town

Up to a few weeks ago it was lush and green

But from January sunshine more brown to be seen

One of the cooler and wetter areas of Australia but in Suimmer warm and dry

And few clouds of gray in the sunny blue sky

In the home of dark wallaby and pale eyed crow

The Merri on towards Warrnambool winds it's way slow

Though the warbling of the magpies one often does hear

January in the Moyne Shire can be a warm time of year

The cattle chewing their cuds in the shade of the trees

On an evening quite close to the thirty degrees

The warm air is full of the buzzing of bush flies and bees

And white butterflies seemingly dancing in the breeze.