Olinda East Of Melbourne Poem by Francis Duggan

The mountain ash trees at Olinda stand on the higher ground
And in their part of the World the tallest trees around
And in the sunlit gardens the rhododendrons are in bloom
Amongst the pleasing aroma of Nature's own perfume.

In Olinda east of Melbourne the world is quiet and green
And for scenic beauty it can compare with the finest i have seen
The poets have written about it and on art gallery wall
I've seen great paintings of Olinda by great painters i recall.

At Olinda east of Melbourne the greeness stay all year
And the birds are always singing there and even on the wet days of the year
On the higher branches of the windblown gums you hear them all day long
Big dark birds familiar to the treed hills the great pied currawong

The highest part of Sherbrooke I've heard some people say
Is Olinda east of Melbourne where the greeness all year stay
And though suburbia is a short drive no more than 15 k's away
Where the world is quiet and greener the birds sing all the day.