Part of my work involved long drives up and down the coast between Pambula Beach, where I live, and Wollongong, near Sydney - around five hours each way. I usually stayed in Batemans Bay on my way home, in a motel overlooking the Clyde River, then pass by Gulaga as I head back through Narooma. Gulaga is a place of great significance to the local aboriginal people (members of the Yuin tribe), and is considered to be the “mother mountain”, the source of life in their legends. Gulaga the mother – Najanuga (a smaller hill at her feet) and Barranguba (Montague Island out to sea) are her sons.
These long drives were a time of meditation of sorts, and a time when I wrote and reviewed songs – this song was written on the last trip I did in this job.
I wanted to write something more like my earlier songs – my recent posts have been a bit far away from what I really love: guitar, bass, drums and percussion behind three part harmonies".
It's about time away from home as a part of my job - staying in motels, and passing sites of great Aboriginal significance.
Song art from
www.southcoast.com.au/dimbaloo/index.html
This song not only sums up my music, but also where I live and who I am.