Sunday September 6th 2009 Winton Central Western Queensland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton,_Queensland
On a hot Sunday afternoon we were pottering down the main street in Winton
and came across this fella.
Just sitting there doing nothing:)
He’s the infamous Jolly Swagman
made famous in the poem by A B ‘Banjo’ Patterson
which later became a bush ballard and our unofficlal national anthem.
‘Waltzing Matilda’
I’ve altered the image to highlight his features
It won’t be this year
we have other places planned to visit
but hopefully we’ll go back some other time to say G’Day.
17/30 June Post a Day
Cathy @ Still Waters 
Love the song – I know all the words to it.
Love from Mum
xx
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Love that song! Neat that you saw the statue!
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He should be the official mascot of Australia. We used to sing that song in grade school. Then the song started making me feel rather eerie after I saw the 1959 film version of On The Beach. Great film, but creepy.
Lee
Tossing It Out
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Love the Swagman!
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