The Town of Gundagai is on the Murrumbidgee River and has been made famous since the mid 19th Century by the bush poets like Lawson & Patterson who romanticized the area in poems like “ Scots of the Riverina” and “The road to Gundagai”. Most famous would be the tale of the Dog on the tuckerbox who has sat on said box 9 miles from the town. Move your car rental and visit a monument that now sits at the 9 mile point from Gundagai at Snake Gully. The Gully is home to a “Dad & Dave” tribute and is a great place to grab a meal if heading through the area.
Original Poem By
Bowyang Yorke
As I was coming down Conroy's Gap,
I heard a maiden cry;
'There goes Bill the Bullocky,
He's bound for Gundagai.
A better poor old beggar
Never earnt an honest crust,
A better poor old beggar
Never drug a whip through dust.'
His team got bogged at the nine mile creek,
Bill lashed and swore and cried;
'If Nobby don't get me out of this,
I'll tattoo his bloody hide.'
But Nobby strained and broke the yoke,
And poked out the leader's eye;
Then the dog sat on the Tucker Box
Nine miles from Gundagai.
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