Garrett Vanderhope

In cinema-graphic sound he became a world renowned person but from fame and fortune he just walked away
And in Lismore in New South Wales in a different field completely for himself he's making a big name today
Garrett Vanderhope the fellow from Kallista from the high country he has travelled far
A genius and quietly spoken quiet achiever and in his own right quite a super star.

From Kallista home of the mountain ash trees the world's tallest some venture to say
Garrett carved out a big reputation in Hollywood and places from his homeland far away
Yet he is not one who yearns for the limelight not one of those to put himself out there
He'd rather leave his talents do the talking for him and people like him always have been rare.

The one who turned his back on fame and fortune for to pursue a different sort of a career
Stories such as his one don't hear of very often though of stories such as his one always loves to hear
A down to earth man the limelight did not suit him there's more to life far more than wealth and fame
Far beyond the wooded hills where he was raised in so many would have heard of him by name.

His fame has spread far beyond the borders of the Dandenong Ranges but Garrett on Hollywood turned his back
His new life career it now will take him elsewhere to another road that leads off of another track
He is one who leaves his great talents speak for him and to his own self he will remain true
And he is one of those humble quiet achievers and quiet achievers sad to say too few.