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TonyOz
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26 Jan 2010 00:59 |
To all Aussies, whether you immigrated here or you were born here.
Australia Day, 26 January, is the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of 11 convict ships from Great Britain, and the raising of the Union Jack at Sydney Cove by its commander Captain Arthur Phillip, in 1788 A time to celebrate......raise a glass, light up the B.B.Q... and remember all those that came before us. Those who fought in the wars to protect us, and those that laid the foundations to make this great Country a safe place to live in.....God bless them all.
Have a great day, and dont forget to chuck a laaaaaamb chop on the Bar-bie.....;>))
Av a good un
Tony ( Victoria Australia )
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DIZZI
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26 Jan 2010 01:01 |
TO MY UPSIDE DOWNER FRIENDS XXXXXXXXX
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SusanWA
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26 Jan 2010 01:36 |
Happy Australia Day to you too, Tony, and to all Aussies at home or overseas today.
Sue in West Australia....
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AuntySherlock
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26 Jan 2010 02:30 |
We've just done our bit for the special day. A barbie, a beer and we are now waiting for the cricket to start. The weather is brilliant and the flies stayed away. What more could an Aussie wish for!!
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TonyOz
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26 Jan 2010 03:35 |
Aussie Day check list:
Weather ( around 32c plus ) Skies....Blue Zinc Cream.... On Shorts.... On Thongs....On Sunnies...On Fridge.....Full or Chocka B.B.Q......Lit Salads...Cold Aussie flag....Flying High Cricket........On Swimming Pool....Cleaned Music.........John Williamson or Lee Kernaghan...On Sweets........Pavlova or Lamington
Its a dirty job...but someone has to do it.
Tony....;>))
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SusanWA
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26 Jan 2010 03:46 |
Tony, don't forget Slip, Slop, Slap - you forgot your hat!! An Akubra with corks dangling perhaps .....??
Sue...
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Carolee
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26 Jan 2010 04:01 |
Happy Australia Day all:-))
True Blue..
Hey True Blue, don't say you've gone Say you've knocked off for a smoko And you'll be back la-ater on Hey True Blue, Hey True Blue
Give it to me straight, face to face Are you really disappearing Just another dy-ying race Hey True Blue
True Blue, is it me and you Is it Mum and Dad, is it a co-ockatoo Is it standin' by your mate when he's in a fight Or just Vegemi-ite True-ue-ue Blue, I'm a-asking you
Hey True Blue, can you bear the load Will you tie it up with wire Just to keep the show on the road Hey True Blue Hey True Blue, now be Fair Dinkum
Is your heart still there If they sell us out like sponge cake Do you rea-eally care Hey True Blue
True Blue, is it me and you Is it Mum and Dad, is it a co-ockatoo Is it standin' by your mate when she's in a fight Or just Vegemi-ite True-ue-ue Blue, I'm a-asking you...
True Blue, is it me and you Is it Mum and Dad, is it a co-ockatoo Is it standin' by your mate when he's in a fi-ight Or just Vegemi-ite True-ue-ue Blue, True-ue-ue Blue
Carole...Victoria, Australia.
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TonyOz
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26 Jan 2010 04:21 |
SusanWA.
Dont need any corks on me Akubra. I didnt make the same mistake as my father and his father.
I had trained my kids in the 70s to catch flies on a Bar-bie day.......... and pull the wings off them, and this has been passed down to my grandkids, soooo in my family we have done away with the dangling corks now days.
Please keep this a secret, as i am trying to breed a new type of wingless Aussie Flies
Carolee. A'aaaaah one of me favourite songs.
Tony.....;>))
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond
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26 Jan 2010 04:24 |
Happy Australia Day to you all,
Lizx
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TonyOz
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26 Jan 2010 04:56 |
Thanks Liz.
Hope all is well.
This is an old land
For ever nurtured and nourished by the spirit of the Rainbow Serpent. The land of the Darug people, Of the Darginung and the Dharawal, The Gundungurra and the Guringai.
An old land.
This is the new land of the convict and the refugee, Of the European settler, Of the Asian and the African, The American and the Islander. It is the golden hope-filled land.
A hope-filled land?
This is the silent sun-baked land Of the gibber plain and granite outcrop Of the waterhole and the rain forest Of native title and pastoral lease Of skyscraper and empty reservoir.
A golden land?
This is a land battered and blackened by bush fire But look! a land of grass trees green-shooting in the still dark-smouldering ashes; Of wildflowers in the sun-heat-blighted desert And of cities glistened smog-free by an autumn wind.
A sacred land!
This is the Dreaming land, the land of spirit ancestors Of campfire and corroboree, of rock art and cave painting A land of mosque and temple, of prayer book and philosophy text A land of tribal elders and politicians.
And how slowly we have learnt, 60,000 years slowly, how to live with this land And how slowly we have learnt, 200 years slowly, not to abuse this land And how slowly we are learning, day-by-day slowly, how to share this land.
We who are black of skin, and white and brown and yellow And sunburnt pink Native and newcomer Blue-eyed and brown-eyed and black-haired and fair-haired
We will live in harmony in this land Because this is the Land of the Rainbow Serpent And we are the Rainbow People.
Tony
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TonyOz
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26 Jan 2010 05:23 |
WE ARE AUSTRALIAN
I came from the dreamtime from the dusty red soil plains I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame I stood upon the rocky shore I watched the tall ships come For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian.
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian.
I came upon the prison ship bowed down by iron chains. I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains. I'm a settler. I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run A convict then a free man I became Australian.
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian.
I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road I'm a child of the depression I saw the good times come I'm a bushy, I'm a battler I am Australian
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian.
I'm a teller of stories I'm a singer of songs I am Albert Namatjira I paint the ghostly gums I am Clancy on his horse I'm Ned Kelly on the run I'm the one who waltzed Matilda I am Australian
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the desert I'm the black soil of the plains I'm the mountains and the valleys I'm the drought and flooding rains I am the rock, I am the sky The rivers when they run The spirit of this great land I am Australian
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian I am, you are, we are Australian.
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Carolee
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26 Jan 2010 05:38 |
Another of my favorites....
I Love A Sunburnt Country...
Written by Dorothea MacKellar (1908: written 1906)
The love of field and coppice, Of green and shaded Lanes, Of ordered woods and gardens, Is running in your veins; Strong love of grey-blue distance, Brown streams and soft, dim skies - I know but cannot share it, My love is otherwise.
I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of drought and flooding rains, I love her far horizons, I love her jewel sea, Her beauty and her terror - The wide brown land for me.
The tragic ring-barked forests Stark white beneath the moon, The sapphire-misted mountains, The hot gold hush of noon. Green tangle of the brushes Where lithe lianas coil, An orchids deck the tree-tops And ferns the crimson soil.
Core of my heart, my country! Her pitiless blue sky, When sick at heart around us We see the cattle die - But then the grey clouds gather And we can bless again The drumming of an army, The steady, soaking rain.
Core of my heart, my country! Land of the Rainbow Gold, For flood and fire and famine, She pays us back threefold; Over the thirsty paddocks, Watch, after many days, The filmy veil of greenness That thickens as we gaze.
An opal-hearted country, A wilful, lavish land - All you who have not loved her, You will not understand - Though Earth holds many splendours, Wherever I may die, I know to what brown Country My homing thoughts will fly.
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MargarettawasMargot
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26 Jan 2010 06:31 |
Thanks,Carolee and Tony,those words really make me feel proud to be an Aussie.I'm a 4th generation Aussie and proud of it! I'm just home from work now-fancy having to work on Australia Day,I must have rocks in my head!!! So now I'm going to enjoy what's left of Australia Day.Have a great day,fellow Aussies.
Best wishes,
Margot. xx
PS Now all we need are the words to "Waltzing Matilda" and our National Anthem!
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SueMaid
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26 Jan 2010 06:39 |
Happy Australia Day Aussie cobbers.
Sue xxx
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SueMaid
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26 Jan 2010 06:42 |
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me" And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee, And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me" And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred, Down came the troopers, one, two, three, "Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?" "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me" "Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?", "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong, "You'll never take me alive", said he, And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me" And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me." "Oh, You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."
Sue xx
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SueMaid
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26 Jan 2010 06:45 |
Australians all let us rejoice For we are young and free We've golden soil and wealth for toil Our home is girt by sea Our land abounds in nature's gifts Of beauty rich and rare In history's page, let every stage Advance Australia Fair In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia Fair
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross We'll toil with hearts and hands To make this Commonwealth of ours Renowned of all the lands For those who've come across the seas We've boundless plains to share With courage let us all combine To Advance Australia Fair In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia Fair
Sue xx
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Carolee
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26 Jan 2010 07:33 |
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, Ill 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.
Carole :-))
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goldielocks
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26 Jan 2010 10:42 |
Hi Tony glad to see you are still around! Happy Australia Day,What ever happened to us Aussies learning at school the old folk songs?I use to love them ,but now I find it hard to remember them, *Theres a track winding back to an old fashioned shack.or Give me a home among gum trees with lots of plum trees. Yer we love this place, Deb
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Mauatthecoast
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26 Jan 2010 10:56 |
Happy Australia Day to you and yours Tony.,and to all my Aussie mates scattered across your great country! Mau xxx
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Elizabethofseasons
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26 Jan 2010 18:52 |
Dear Oz Cousins and Friends
Hello
Hope you have enjoyed celebrating the day, wherever you are and may you have peace, good health and fortune.
PS The new year firework displays are so good to watch.
Take care Very best wishes xx
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