Michael Kelleher's Golden Days

In his retirement from laying of heavy pipes he is one who travels far In east and south and western Australia from his home in San Remo Victoria by motor car With his metal detector in search of precious gold It is of men like Michael Kelleher that adventure stories are written of and told A long way south of Claraghatlea a kilometre from Millstreet Town Where he used to live many years ago when his hair was chestnut brown Before the yearn for adventure inspired him to travel far south Of the old fields of the badger and waterways of the brown trout Of late in Dunolly in Victoria on the old gold mining ground With his metal detector a nice piece of gold he found Valued at fifteen thousand dollars this is quite a good day's pay Though this of course is something that does not happen every day The lives of strong and healthy and adventurous men may make for a good read But it cannot be an easy life for anyone for to lead At night in the remote countryside sleeping in a car far from the nearest town And all day long with metal detector on old gold fields walking up and down The spirit of adventure remains in the adventurous men Michael Kelleher has not lost it and he is near three score and ten Perhaps far south of Claraghatlea he will see his last sunset But men like him live on in time they seem hard to forget Soon he will drive to the old gold fields of Broken Hill in remote New South Wales Where on his long journey he will stop at bush town pubs for to enjoy a few ales Men like him they are quite rare and never ceases to amaze In years from now some biographer may write the storyof Michael Kelleher's Golden Days.