Glen Forbes

Glen Forbes in the high country ten kilometres from the sea A place of natural beauty and of marvellous scenery With houses in the valley and brown hills all around Amongst the high country of South Gippsland such beauty to be found. In Glen Forbes after daybreak amongst the blackwood trees The magpies notes are carrying in the freshening morning breeze A place free of pollution no black smog in the sky And larks above the brown hills are carolling as they fly. Through Glen Forbes in South Gippsland the narrow roads wind up and down Eighty kilometres from the suburbs and twenty from Wonthaggi town A twenty minute car drive at most from the ocean shore And the only sign of commerce there is the one small General Store. Across the hills of Glen Forbes the healthy sea winds blow It would be nice to live there and Nature's peace to know And though I am just a visitor I will carry with me The beauty of old Glen Forbes and it's marvellous scenery.