To Be Australian

• Madeline Cram, Grade 9, Ellenbrook Christian College
• Poetry
• 2017

Excellence Award in the 'Spread The Word 2017' competition

To be Australian is to rise with the morning sun
It’s to catch yabbies with your cousins in the dam
Or to go tad-poling in the creek
It’s to chase sheep down a dusty gravel road
And to love the smell of rain before a storm
To be Australian is to camp under the stars
And to share stories around a campfire
It’s to watch the geckos climb up the wall in summer
Or to have all the family over at Christmas
It’s to listen to Macca on a Sunday as we drive to the footy
And to rattle down the highway in the school bus
To be Australian is to be who we were brought up to be