Sunday, December 28, 2008

Paying Tribute to Our Great Southern Land.

Iva Davies from Icehouse paid tribute to our Great Southern Land in 1989 with this song and lyrics ~

 

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
~~~~~

I am leaving some links from my previous posts for anyone who might like to go back through the Australian content from this passed year. Below are some of My Aussie Photos from previous Posts with a few New photos included.

Milli 08.

Below......

Goanna performs 'Solid Rock' in 1982

 

 

 

 

Aussie funny poem

Victor Harbor

Adding more soon

A link is here to all of the photos in the album.

Click here for photos in my album

4 comments:

  1. Love your photography! I recognize some of them from previous blogs. I've never seen a Flame Tree before. I've seen Burning Bushes. That one of the black clouds and the sun going down on the horizon - just FANTASTIC! The Gum Flowers are something familiar - we had them in our front yard when I lived in San Francisco. :-) Thanks for the tour and the songs!
    Hugs!

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  2. Thanks so much Marcia. I hope next year brings me more delightful photos to share too. Have a lovely Sunday. hugs from ~ Me ~Too.

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  3. I would LOVE to visit you! An endless ocean is a great place to be!
    A great blog Milli, loving your photos!

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  4. Thank you so much Milli for your amazing photos and video. I always need to see something like this at this time of year. So hard to be away from home and family at times.

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