The Land Down Under

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains
Of ragged mountain ranges
Of droughts and flooding rains
I love her far horizons
I love her jewel-sea
Her beauty and her terror –
The wide brown land for me

Dorothea MacKellar

Its vastness is underestimated by many tourists, often to their detriment.

Unlike much of the world, desert, semiarid plateaus, little rainfall and a sparsely populated interior, meets the unwary and unprepared visitor. The red dirt and barren sand dunes being complicit in their demise.

We are predominantly coastal dwellers, the sea and sand in our blood, although some of us have taken a tree change and headed for the ragged mountain ranges.

Wherever we lay our weary bones we will always be girt by sea, canopied by a pitiless blue sky and enamored by our willful lavish land, our country.

Virginia Miranda

Virginia has entered a number of competitions including, Raspberry & Vine, Tom Howard and the ‘One Book Many Brisbane’s’ for which her works were highly commended on a number of occasions.

Published works in the Brisbane State High School Year book, Brisbane Courier Mail, ‘Me’ magazine, Albert & Logan News, Sea Spray, and the Official Journal of the Air Sea Rescue Association of Qld.

In 2016 Virginia published her first book, Flash Fiction Volume 1. Her eagerly awaited second book, Flash Fiction Volume 2, was published in late 2017.

Virginia is currently a member of Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre, The Brisbane Writers Centre, The Society of Women Writers, The Fellowship of Australian Writers Qld and a The Alliance of Independent Authors.

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