dusk descends upon the Oz landscape the sun slowly reclines westward cattle and sheep make for nightly camps the faint sounds of birds are heard gum trees cast last shadows o'er the land a hush it's settling time day closes then to night '''''''''''''''' stars aplenty fill the sky the scent of earth flows on the soft breeze so calming the night hours the country is serene and still how fortunate we are to live here in a place which is like paradise as the moon sails across the bushland skies