The South East Forests
the forests - the bush - natural history - literature - things to do - where to go
The South East Foreststhe forests - the bush - natural history - literature - things to do - where to go
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Other books by John Blay
by John Blay (McPhee Gribble/Penguin 1984) "... Thanks to its over-riding good humour, it has the spontaneity of Richard Brautigan’s rewriting of Thoreau’s Walden. It’s a wonderful book of characters and things that clamber through the forest with details delivered with a confident poetic touch."— Tom Thompson, National Times
"... There are no shallow panegyrics in Part of the Scenery about pre-industrial paradises in nature, nothing facile about the attainment of spiritual oneness. Blay speaks to us of hard work, experiment and emotional desperation. But his quiet expertise about lyrebirds and bushrats in his Bermagui forest never fails to impress and fascinate..."-- David Myers, Sydney Morning Herald
by John Blay (Methuen 1987) ".. .the prose is as tough as the salt pork that the likes of Eyre and John McDouall Stuart used to gnaw at when they were lost... his encounters with bush people and reflections on the infinite— all contribute to a bracing read... It’s a rewarding experience to follow"— Derek Whitelock, Sydney Morning Herald
"...the text is peppered with sensitive observations on the country through which he travels and the people he meets. Most of the writing is brisk and good humoured, including lively episodes which display the skill of a practiced playwright... It kept taking me back in fond imaginative memory to Ovid and the child in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life." — Ray Ericksen, Habitat "...more in the tradition of English narratives of long walks in strange and lonely places. Blay is a professional writer and it shows in his robust text which attains a plateau of excellence not often reached by writers about the bush... a classic tale" — Graeme Barrow, The Canberra Times
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