To the shores of Mallacoota, Feeling heartsick and depressed,

MALLACOOTA
Ted Harrington

To the shores of Mallacoota,
Feeling heartsick and depressed,
From the tumult of the city,
I arrived a stranger guest,
Kindly hearts were there to greet me,
Friendly voices welcomed me;
In the house above the inlet,

 

Mallacoota Bar

Henry Lawson, 1910

Curve of beaches like a horse-shoe, with a glimpse of grazing stock,

To the left the Gabo Lighthouse, to the right the Bastion Rock;

Upper Lake where no one dwelleth — scenery like Italy,

Lower Lake of seven islets and six houses near the sea;

‘Twixt the lake and sea a sandbank, where the shifting channels are,

                    And a break where white-capped rollers bow to Mallacoota Bar. 

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