In Ralph Illidge Sanctuary Poem by Francis Duggan

In Ralph Illidge Sanctuary between Cobden and Warrnambool
The day it is sunny though pleasantly cool
On a weather temperature high for the day of eighteen degrees
In this beautiful place of majestic gum trees
Near where the Brucknell Creek does go babbling along
The bird known as the grey shrike thrush is whistling his song
From once heard you never again get him wrong
His distinctive whistle to his kind only belong
In Ralph Illidge Sanctuary where peace reign supreme
Majestic old growth eucalyptus trees in abundance to be seen
A Nature Reserve with a charm of it's own
As beautiful a place as i have ever known
Quite pleasantly cool in the shade of the tall trees
Where the shrike thrush's whistling is carrying in the breeze.