Humour for health
If you love poetry and the outback, then our daily Bush Poets Breakfast is the perfect way to start your day. Join us for a hearty breakfast and listen to some of Australia’s best bush poets reciting their work. It’s a great way to experience the unique Australian poetry tradition and hear some great stories and verses about life in the outback.
Thursday and Friday Bush Poets Breakfast & Show:
- Bush Poets Show & Breakfast – Adult: $30
- Bush Poets Show & Breakfast – Teen (13-17 yrs): $25
- Bush Poets Show & Breakfast – Child (under 13 yrs): $15
- Bush Poets Show only – Adult: $20
- Bush Poets Show only – Teen (13-17 yrs): $15
MARCO GLIORI
From Tamworth to Gympie, Marco continues to muster the finest modern Poets in concerts and at festivals. Himself a winner of Winton’s iconic Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse, Marco was also recipient of the ‘Spirit of Waltzing Matilda Poetry Award’ held in conjunction with the 100 year celebrations of Australia’s most famous song, and presented to him by the late great Slim Dusty. Funny Race Calls, true crime stories, calamitous yarns and poems featuring real community characters, ensure there is something for everyone of all ages. Marco’s big smile and welcoming verse brings the storyteller out in all of us. You will be inspired!
NEIL McARTHUR
Host of the famous Longyard Breakfasts in Tamworth Country Music Festival for over a decade now, Neil’s stand-up routines, comedy verse, and his loveable larrikin nature give us an insight to his previous life as a psychiatric nurse, his torment as a father of three wild boys, and his life as a husband and entertainer living on the road, performing for campers and grey nomads from Ballarat to Booyup Brook and from Mildura to Charters Towers. Loose with the truth, his imagination and twisted rhymes will have you laughing out loud.
ERROL GRAY
The Barbecue Balladeer is back with more songs and outback yarns to keep his fans singing along. Australia’s hilarious campfire crooner gives a good dishing to everyone in the Neighbourhood, from annoying spouses and lazy kids to caravanning nomads and politicians. He doesn’t pull punches, but should you throw one, Errol will run for the hills and write a song about it. Don’t trip, slip, whinge or whine, and definitely don’t fart, cause if you do, this bloke might just immortalize you in song. About as Aussie as you can get, and brilliant!