Bush Poetry & Yarn Spinning
Written Bush Poetry & Spoken Yarn Spinning Competitions
At the Poets Breakfast enjoy poetry and yarn spinning events, good belly laughs and maybe some tears through evocative storytelling.
Go on, give it a go! In 2023 the Poetry Competition is a written competition and the Yarn Spinning on Sunday Morning is a performance competition. Everyone has a story to tell, be it tall or short, famous folklore or more.
The King of the Ranges encourages old hands,
beginners and all in between to join in the great Australian traditions of
Bush Poetry & Yarn Spinning
2023 Written Bush Poetry Competition
7.30am Sunday
2023 Inaugural Yarn Spinning Competition
7.30am Sunday
2023
Original Serious. 1st Where Men of Endurance Ride by 10(a) Brenda Joy, Charters Towers Qld. 2nd Gallipoli Now by 7(a) Peter O’Shaughnessy, Eaton WA 3rd The Mystery of the Granites by 17(b) Terry Piggott, Lynwood WA
Original Humorous. 1st Houdini by 20(c) Brenda Joy, Bendigo Vic. 2nd Droving the Dipsos by 18(b) Glenny Palmer, Jimboomba Qld 3rd He’ll Rue the Roo by 1(b) Kevin Pye, Mudgee NSW
Overall Winner 2023. Where Men of Endurance Ride by Brenda Joy, Charters Towers Qld
Inaugural Yarn Spinning Competition Winner. Ken Potter