Description

A Lake Sambell Walk – picture-poetry en plein air is an image-based poetry book and walking excursion around the iconic Lake Sambell at the heart of the beautiful township of Beechworth.

Lake Sambell was originally carved out of the landscape at the height of the mid-19th century gold rush. High pressure hoses washed away vast quantities of soil.

What remained was a barren waste land .

Lake Sambell was created in the1920’s. The new lake utilised a huge tract of the spoiled land and now forms a quite beautiful setting.

Beechworth is the home of free-verse poet/author Frank Prem. His childhood included the lake as a part of his everyday life.

Lake Sambell is witness to a history of gold mining fever that ultimately created a highly prosperous township.

The short-form poetry in A Lake Sambell Walk provides observations and a commentary to accompany the sights and insights that greet a poet on his rounds.

Other Picture-Poetry Books by Frank Prem include:

• Sheep On The Somme – poetry to accompany images taken on The Somme and Western Front during the first World War
• Voices In TheTrash– in which the objects found in a Trash and Treasure Barn tell their stories.
• Children’s books The Beechworth Bakery Bears and Waiting For Frank-Bear– in which the Teddy Bears resident at the Beechworth Bakery introduce themselves and their lives to young readers.