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I STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME... I've been to cities that never close down, from New York to Rio and old London town, but no matter how far or how wide I roam, I still call Australia home. I'm always travelIing, I love being free, and so I keep leaving the sun and the sea, but my heart lies waiting over the foam, I still call Australia home. All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world, away from their family and friends, but as the world gets older and colder, it's good to know where your journey ends. Someday we'll all be together once more, when all of the ships come back to the shore, I’ll realise something I've always known, I still call Australia home. but no matter how far or wide I roam, I still call Australia I still call Australia, I still call Australia home. but no matter how far or wide I roam, I still call Australia I still call Australia, I still call Australia home. ![]() | |
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![]() Did you write that? Its lovely! | |
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susannah said: ![]() Did you write that? Its lovely! no the credit for this goes to Peter Allen who was a great Australian Songwriter and Musician ![]() | |
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AndGodCreatedMe said: that's only natural
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And so you should, nice poem, very apt.
![]() Happy is he who finds out the causes for things.Virgil (70-19 BC). Virgil was such a lying bastard! | |
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PREDOMINANT said: And so you should, nice poem, very apt.
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One of my fave songs of all time... Great Southern Land by Icehouse ![]() Standing at the limit of an endless ocean stranded like a runaway, lost at sea city on a rainy day down in the harbour watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay looking everywhere 'cause I had to find you this is not the way that i remember it here anyone will tell you its a prisoner island hidden in the summer for a million years Great Southern Land, burned you black so you look into the land and it will tell you a story story 'bout a journey ended long ago if you listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains maybe you can hear them talking like I do ". . they're gonna betray, they're gonna forget you are you gonna let them take you over this way . ." Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land you walk alone like a primitive man and they make it work with sticks and bones see their hungry eyes, its a hungry home I hear the sound of the stranger's voices I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land they burned you black, black against the ground Great Southern Land, in the sleeping sun you walk alone with the ghost of time they burned you black, black against the ground and they make it work with rocks and sand I hear the sound of the stanger's voices I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land you walk alone, like a primitive man you walk alone with the ghost of time and they burned you black yeah, they burned you black Great Southern Land | |
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This is Australia - Gangajang
I think I hear the sounds of then, And people talking, The scenes recalled, by minute movement, And songs they fall, from the backing tape. That certain texture,that certain smell, To lie in sweat, on familiar sheets, In brick veneer on financed beds. In a room, of silent hardiflex That certain texture, that certain smell, Brings home the heavy days, Brings home the the night time swell, Out on the patio we'd sit, And the humidity we'd breathe, We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields Laugh and think, this is Australia. The block is awkward - it faces west, With long diagonals, sloping too. And in the distance, through the heat haze, In convoys of silence the cattle graze. That certain texture, that certain beat, Brings forth the night time heat. Out on the patio we'd sit, And the humidity we'd breathe, We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields Laugh and think that this is Australia. To lie in sweat, on familiar sheets, In brick veneer on financed beds. In a room of silent hardiflex That certain texture, that certain smell, Brings forth the heavy days, Brings forth the night time sweat Out on the patio we'd sit, And the humidity we'd breathe, We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields Laugh and think, this is Australia. This is Australia etc.. | |
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come on all you Aussies (and/or those who love Australia) help me share some of the amazing place and culture that is Australia ![]() | |
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Well, u do have neighbours. and u gave the UK rolf harris, so ur country is OK
![]() But u also gave us kylie (who came from neighbours), and she stinks | |
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Crowded House all the way! | |
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susannah said: Crowded House all the way!
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i thought they were Aussies.... ![]() | |
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susannah said: i thought they were Aussies....
![]() lol nope they're Kiwi (New Zealand) ![]() ![]() | |
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I knew that was gonna happen if I said them!!
can i have Kylie then? and.....*thinking* oooh, Koalas!!!!! You gotta love Koalas!! | |
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But not big hairy spiders.
Not feeling the big hairy spider thing. ![]() | |
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susannah said: I knew that was gonna happen if I said them!!
can i have Kylie then? and.....*thinking* oooh, Koalas!!!!! You gotta love Koalas!! yep Kylie's Aussie through and through ![]() ![]() | |
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Natisse said: susannah said: I knew that was gonna happen if I said them!!
can i have Kylie then? and.....*thinking* oooh, Koalas!!!!! You gotta love Koalas!! yep Kylie's Aussie through and through ![]() ![]() I love koalas!! theyre fab. We just got 2 koalas from San Diego up here at Edinburgh Zoo, im going to see them soon! ![]() | |
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susannah said: But not big hairy spiders.
Not feeling the big hairy spider thing. ![]() oh you mean the Sydney funnel web? this one... ![]() or the Redback spider? this one... ![]() | |
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Even though I'm from New Zealand, Australia is home ![]() | |
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Ocean said: Even though I'm from New Zealand, Australia is home
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That wasnt very nice!!! Now I have to scroll quick to hide from the horrible arachnids. ![]() please no more evil spiders!! Or im not playing...! Do they have any purpose except to scare me out of ever coming to Australia?! | |
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Natisse said: susannah said: Crowded House all the way!
![]() ![]() awww thank u sweetie ![]() | |
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