"Just Can't Miss It, Mate" lyrics

"Just Can't Miss It, Mate"

I was hauling a load of bullocks to an old timer's selection
When I stopped at the pub in Quilpie and phoned for my directions
He said, It's really easy, there's a signboard on the gate
And if you follow my directions, well, you just can't miss it, mate

Well, you take the left-hand turnin' at the corner of the pub
Then you'll see a road a-stretchin' out into the scrub
Then you take another turnin', but this time to the right
It's the corner where young Kelly died, when he rolled, that fatal night

Then you drive a few miles further on, out across the plain
But be careful of the crossings, eh, if it should chance to rain
Then you take an old bush track, down by the ol' wrecked car
And if you reach the third creek crossing, turn back, 'cause you've gone too far

Then you get back on the ol' bush track, it's what we call a sort of a short cut
Then you strike back towards the main road, down past the old slab hut
Then past the burnt-out stockyards, down by the old dead tree
It's the one that was struck by lightning, er, let me think, back in 1943

Then you keep right on drivin', a few miles more, until
You come to the rocky outcrop, at the foot of Fraser's Hill
Then you head right through the crown land, till you see the big twelve-foot gate
And if you follow these directions, well, I reckon you just can't miss it, mate

Now what did he say? Er, bush track, main road
Main road? There's not much flamin' difference out this way, but
I gotta take the turn to the left
Fraser's Hill? I wonder where that is
All I can see is an overgrown anthill
Turn to the left, go across the plain
I think the old bloke's in a bit of a dream
I think I'm lost


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