A Nice Evening In Illowa Poem by Francis Duggan

A nice sunny evening in Illowa of nineteen degrees
With a refreshing coolness in the coastal breeze
That blows across the paddocks up from Gormans Bay
So pleasant to be outdoors on such a nice day
On the twenty seventh of December the New year just four sleeps away
The coastal paddocks scenting sweetly of grass mowed for hay
Just a few clouds of gray in the blue and sunny sky
And the Moyne Shire is looking so brown and so dry
By the weather forecast far warmer and more humid weather is near
But then the weather changes quickly at this time of year
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day it was over thirty degrees
With a humid wind soughing in the eucalyptus trees
A nice evening in Illowa in the Moyne Shire today
With a cool refreshing breeze blowing from Gormans Bay.