The Thistles On Mt Rouse

On volcanic Mt Rouse where the thistles grow tall They spread their seeds around in the warm winds of the Fall And with each passing year their numbers multiply For to control their spread people no longer do try The thistles on Mt Rouse are out of control Noxious weeds on the dry landscape have been taking toll Less food for the marsupials and lagomorphs to eat Where herbs and grasses with thistles are forced to compete On many of the walking tracks on Mt Rouse the rank thistles grow And they multiply when the Autumn winds blow Their billions of small seeds known as thistledown Across the dry paddocks of old Penshurst Town Despite human attempts to eradicate them the thistles survive And on stony Mt Rouse they multiply and thrive.