Len's Fair Dinkum Poetry

17/03/2026

Crikey, it’s flamin crazy,
We have a drought throughout the land…
As those mad buggers overseas,
Wage oil wars beneath the sand…

Now we're going backwards,
At least by thirty years …
As the fuel crisis hits us all,
A recession now appears…

If we look back on what we had,
Not that long ago…
When Australia was self sufficient,
The oil would always flow…

Now they have dropped the restrictions,
Which you Greenies put in place…
No holes barred now they say.
As the oil is what they chase

Just like those old toilet rolls,
We have those hoarder’s of the fuel…
Those mongrel’s who want it all,
Who break that golden rule…

Farmers and our truckies,
Should be the ones who come first…
Without them bloody battlers,
Our country will be worse…

Just be a bit more considerate,
Next time you’re getting fuel…
Start acting like an Aussie,
Not like a flamin tool....

Len Newey 2026

10/01/2026

10/01/2026

Just back from Melbourne, where I checked out a bit of Ned Kelly's history...

10/01/2026

Ned Kelly

I’ll tell you a story about a bloke,
A bushranger from the past...
As I travelled to where it all began.
To tick off my bucket list at last...

I headed down to Victoria,
To confront the legends and the lies...
About the siege at Glenrowan
Which ended in his demise.

Ned Kelly was a battler,
Who tried to do what’s right...
Pursued and threatened by the law,
With no option but to fight...

He tried to start a democracy,
But this would not proceed...
As he was convicted and sentenced to death.
Which would never see him freed...

He was hanged at Melbourne jail,
But his spirit still runs free...
As a reminder to always fight
For a fair go for you and me…

Len Newey 2026