Lindsay Laurie: 23 books

Where Chocolate Lily’s Grow is a tale narrated by an eleven year old boy during his grade five year spent at a small country towns’ primary school in the late nineteen fifties. The story engages in adventure, sadness, joy and escapades involving his friends, family and acquaintances that make up the community he lives amongst.

observing and capturing scenes is something that we who love the environment believe in is simply a must so we can revisit at our leisure. some prefer photography, and some may prefer to paint the landscapes. the thirty poems in this selection is my way of providing a picture of some of my experiences throughout south-eastern australia as poetry.

i’m sure many readers who read this book have had at some stage in their life experienced that horrible feeling, depending on their personal fear of course, of coming into contact with a scaly creature ranging from the tiny skink right thro ugh to an enormous python that has left the hairs standing...

If you enjoy a good laugh from a punchline then I am sure you will get a kick out of these poems.

if you enjoy a good laugh from a punchline then i am sure you will get a kick out of these poems.

If you enjoy a good laugh from a punchline then I am sure you will get a kick out of these poems.

If you enjoy a good laugh from a punchline then I am sure you will get a kick out of these poems.

SECURITY DOORS: Burra’s daughter Julia is having security doors fitted in her house, but her conversing with innuendos deeply concerns the company employee fitting the doors who demands security for himself... AUTO DIVING: Burra is talked into going to the hotel by his boys to watch a darts...

burra’s blood pressure is constantly on the upper side of being dangerously close to him becoming a medical disaster because each member of his family has got themselves into considerable debt through misuse of facilities and being just plain neglectful. the family’s inconsideration is highlighted...

DRIP FED: A city cousin and his wife arrive on the Creek’s doorstep and from past experiences the cousin is classed as little more than a ‘drip’ that is gullible as they come. Situation after situation proves the Creek family right, but of course the comfort zone and letting down their guard...

this is the first in a series of fictional plots featuring the creek family, and in particular burra creek, however, in this adventure to fords beach, it is burra’s long time friend and drinking partner, cliffy hill who accompanies him on a journey far from home to the seaside where they are to...

the medicine man: after being involved in a particularly nasty accident, burra needs medical attention, but initial tests provide results that deem burra’s accident as minor compared to his overall health, which is more concerning to the doctors. with burra being in denial and appointments disrupting...

a long and arduous journey seeking riches again results from a little aside by burra's grandson 'stinky,' who provides burra with a wisp of information on the huge benefits on offer from wildlife smuggling and spoken in confidence by a friend who's father is deeply involved. with figures in his head...

If you enjoy a good laugh from a punchline then I am sure you will get a kick out of these poems.