Aussie writes:
Mind if I ask where in Australia you're from?
Townsville, North Queensland. Take a look at it on Google Earth... yuck! It looks so much nicer from the ground, heh. Seriously, there
are some beautiful sights, greenery, nice beaches, etc. But that overhead must have been taken during one of our worst dry spells. Townsville is part of "The Tropical North"... that photo looks more like the Middle East.
Aussie writes:
...singing "God save the queen" before class...
Ha! I remember that, too. Wow, back before it was changed to Advance Australia Fair. I am so old.
This sparked my curiosity and I found Wiki's
Advance Australia Fair entry. Apparently one of the songs it went up against in a vote for national anthem was Waltzing Matilda. Wish I'd been voting in that. I would have gone for Matilda, myself.
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