Melinda Poem by Francis Duggan

She lives in Inverloch by the ocean she loves the salt sea air
And this her favourite place of all her travels brought her there
She's been all around Australia and Queensland her home State
But where ever she has lived the sea shore just a short walk from her gate.

A bungalow by the ocean on a quarter acre block
And when people ask Melinda why she choose Inverloch?
She says on my first visit here I felt so much at home
And the locals they accepted me as they would one of their own

And she add to feel you are seen as a member of your community
Is a boost to one's self esteem or so 'twould seem to me
And I've made good friends in Inverloch and here I wish to stay
So far south of sunny Queensland and my Hometown of Mackay.

A woman in her early sixties her brown hair flecked with gray
She walks on the beach at Inverloch with her dog every day
Her travels brought her to the place she has been known to say
And she's found happiness at last so far south of Mackay.