When I first heard this song I was staggered by the way it captures the Australian bush. I think it is one of the best poetic descriptions of a small Australian country town - the quietness, where nothing happens, the heat. "A blanket of pattersons curse" - think about this on the next hot January day. the clank of the rail metal. and yes I do think he riffs on the "pub with no beer" but in a way that such a place is lonely, empty of life that once was there. like his song "the house where nobody lives". TW is truly deeply poetic. Kenneth Slessor or Les Murray would be proud of this song.
When I first heard this song I was staggered by the way it captures the Australian bush. I think it is one of the best poetic descriptions of a small Australian country town - the quietness, where nothing happens, the heat. "A blanket of pattersons curse" - think about this on the next hot January day. the clank of the rail metal. and yes I do think he riffs on the "pub with no beer" but in a way that such a place is lonely, empty of life that once was there. like his song "the house where nobody lives". TW is truly deeply poetic. Kenneth Slessor or Les Murray would be proud of this song.