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Treking through Deua, Wadbilliga and Brogo River wilderness areas west of Bermagui; reference to Aboriginal stone implements fire-stick farming, tribal areas of the Dyiringanj and the Walbanja, and the legend of douligah or yowie.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
The Narrow, Green Land : John Blay's Back CountryTom Griffiths,
2021single work essay — Appears in:
Meanjin,September / Springvol.
80no.
32021;(p. 94-107)'John Blay is a humble Australian bushman who is uncomfortable about comparisons with Henry Thoreau, but let me explore the parallel a little. Now in his seventies, Blay lives at Eden on the south coast of New South Wales with his beloved forests at his back. He has spent 40 years exploring them on foot and celebrating them in writing, most recently in his book Wild Nature: Walking Australia’s South East Forests (2020). The book completes a trilogy that began with Trek Through the Back Country (1987) and continued with On Track: Searching out the Bundian Way (2015). Most of his writing is inspired by close, sustained engagement on foot with rugged, wild, untracked bush.' (Introduction)
The Narrow, Green Land : John Blay's Back CountryTom Griffiths,
2021single work essay — Appears in:
Meanjin,September / Springvol.
80no.
32021;(p. 94-107)'John Blay is a humble Australian bushman who is uncomfortable about comparisons with Henry Thoreau, but let me explore the parallel a little. Now in his seventies, Blay lives at Eden on the south coast of New South Wales with his beloved forests at his back. He has spent 40 years exploring them on foot and celebrating them in writing, most recently in his book Wild Nature: Walking Australia’s South East Forests (2020). The book completes a trilogy that began with Trek Through the Back Country (1987) and continued with On Track: Searching out the Bundian Way (2015). Most of his writing is inspired by close, sustained engagement on foot with rugged, wild, untracked bush.' (Introduction)
