Summer Road Trip….

Under a southern sky
 A Monash dawn
 brightens a freeway, long
  
On a Summer day

 Warm
 Pausing
 For a Holbrook feast, of course
  
Diesel

 And wine gums
 Bacon, eggs,
 a milkshake too, Please

Keep on going

 Heading north it goes
 M31, M7, A2, A240,
 clear skies,
 turning murky.

And it's spitting

 With a rain delay, too
 upon the sticky wipers
 smearing the landrover's wind shield

 Cllkkkkkclkkk.

Slow down

 A wide load ahead
 somewhere near Jugiong, Gundagai or Yass
 Goulburn or Campbelltown

 Sydney, perhaps.

Siri,
 She says
 'From the second lane, Veer left
 Take the second exit'

Straight ahead
Take the next exit for a place to stay
is that Gosford or Taree

 The Alabaster, or
 The Midlands
Or the In-Town Motor Inn


 for the deluxe suite
 and dinner at Sailo's
 the club over the road

 "Hey Mum, yer must tell yer young fella te take his hat off" 

 Tracey, she said that sternly and all managerial....

 "And step away from the bar!" 
  
Far out, C'mon...

 He just wants sauce

 And a raspberry lemonade

 and Whiting fillets, crumbed,
 but they are not available

or Battered fish,

 They're available
 with chips and salad
  
And a beer, of course

 And Oysters Mornay

 "I'll have them- A dozen, please." 

Please, 'cos it's been so long.

A Manning river dusk
And tea at the club.