Country?

Its brown country
speckled green country
sometimes blue country

its endless plains and mulga scrub
towns with a servo and not a pub

its not having washed for more than a day
cows, sheep and roos getting in the way

its just miles and miles of tarmac
sleeping time away in the back

its getting pushed around by road trains
praying that it doesn’t decide to rain

its having the tent freeze overnight
and all the locals we see are white

its corrugated iron carcasses
schools with no more classes

its rounded green bumpy spines
flowing in their bouncy timelines

its all different country
all one country
what is a country?