UNFORGIVING, BEWARE, IT CAN KILL . . .

Under eclectic blue sky, streaked with whispy cirrus clouds, white
moving across sweeping brown endless plain, awesome sight
silvery saltbush, acacia, to barely discernible horizon far away
a formidable, hot vista, no place for animals, even humans, to stay

Ground cover very tightly packed pebbles, this is the Gibber Plain
vegetation is virtually non-existent, this place crying out for rain
wedge-tailed eagles engaged in disputed terrritorial aerial display
on ground, camels, kangaroos in meagre shade, blistering hot day

A land stripped of all adornment, giving Gibber Plain it's allure
mean, unencumbered, mostly dry, hot, this is elemental nature
this mighty landscape has a harsh, physical beauty all of it's own
even early explorers realised that here nothing could ever be grown

In some parts, so-called "jump-ups", rising from the valley's floor
odd erosion shaped remnants of mountains that were here before
suddenly, sky opened, bolts of lightning, thunder, torrential rain drowning valley floor, beginning of transformation to grassy plain

One can almost feel the sighs of plants, animals, from heat relief
once again, unexpectedly, rain came to the rescue, however brief
creatures, plants, having adapted to the conditions that are harsh
managing, very cleverly in dry seasons, when feed, water are scarse

Here is, what is known as "Cameron Corner", by a simple survey post
the coming together of three States, NSW, SA, Queensland as host
it is also called "The Corner Country", west of Silver City, Broken Hill
a part of Australia, harsh, beautiful, unforgiving, beware, it can kill