The original of this song is performed by Eric Bogle and is a lot more solemn.

The bracelets have the names of his buddies that were killed…

watch wake in fright from 1971 - very disturbing and a classic

G,Day Love check out I Been Every Where by Lucky Star .Not Jonny Cash Version you will Love .China Plate means Mate .Captain Cook means Look.cheers

A truly beautiful song intrrupted by your inane drivel

That was painful to watch... Isacc is so funny and you are a downer

Americans "don't talk about politics around the dinner table". 🤣It must be the only place Americans don't talk about politics. All I ever hear about is American politics from Americans.

Sydney girl here. Thank you for being so kind towards our country!

we have kangaroos at work and jump down the street in WA you need to leave NSW

Sydney is a craphole. Used to be good. Get out of Sydney to see the real Australia.

Don't jump at those commercial parachuting establishments.

Because you looking so beautiful 💕 really appreciate you lots honestly Honey 🇵🇰

😂😂😂😂 will you marry with me dear baby darling 💋💗🇵🇰🇵🇰

My family has been here since 1826 and I have never heard the one about spiders.That isnt common slang.

onya cobber! love your stuff love!

Gee if Australia is better than America,then the good old U.S.of A is in big trouble.

Actually, not quite correct. Voting is compulsory IF you're on the electoral roll. Born and bred here since 1965 and haven't voted in any election since 2002.

see heaps of kangas, koala are too busy rooting, and giving each other chlamydia.

coopers green, the best beer

flat out like a lizard drinking should be obvious. if a lizard is drinking it lies down in front of a puddle, so it's laid out flat. Buckleys, comes from a convict in the early 1800s. he was in victoria, and went missing. was adopted by the local tribe, lived with them for 30 years. when he was found by white men he had forgotten english. he had been assumed dead for decades. his chance of survival was considered so low as to be zero. so if someone askes, what are the chances, you can say, "between none and buckley's". which of course got shortened to "buckley's."

I dreamed to wanna go out on a date with a overseas girlfriend

Western Australia have been trying to be their own country for a long while now. Also when flying out you spend at least 5 hours to leave this country when going to Europe.

carrying on like a pork chop, the full phrase is , carrying on like a Pork Chop in a Synagogue

Classic, your a Westie.

who told this woman that "She'll be right mate" is supposed to be said as one word? we merge some sayings together like "Ayagarn" = "How are you going" but not bloody all of them are merged. My two cents... hate to listen to our language being bastardised

You need to live in Melbourne for a year plus. Sydney is not all that. I love the American accent from either man or woman.

I think you got it wrong on the video clip is as they were older soldiers looking back at when they were 19 ! Lest we forget

That's to keep you out the scared one's 😅😅

Hi again Kaitlyn. Yes, the older chaps yo see in this clip with medals pinned on the left side of their chest *ARE REAL VIETNAM VETS.* If you really want to see what we went through in the "FUNNY COUNTRY* check out a film titled *DANGER CLOSE.* Which depicts the Battle of Long Tan that was fought by 105 Australian Soldiers of D Company 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (Royal Australian Infantry) and Three three New Zealanders from an artillery forward observation party from New Zealand's 161 Field Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery, who were ambushed by over 2000, North Vietnamese Regular Army Troops, and the D445 Battalion of Viet Cong 18 August 1966. Officially, 245 NVA Regulars and VC bodies were counted on the battlefield by Australian soldiers. However, even though additional bodies and body parts were found over the following days and weeks, the number of 245 remained the officially recorded casualty figure. The VC had bamboo hoops attached to the legs of each of their soldiers, which enabled their men to carry off the dead VC; to deny the Australians an accurate body count. We lost 17 men of D Coy who were killed in Action that day and *ONE* Corporal Peter Clements One from 3 Troop, 1 APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) Squadron. Died nine days later from wounds sustained in the battle. In total combining D Coy dead and the one from 3 Cav Regiment, we lost a total of 18 men that sad day. GOD GRANT THEIR SOULS ETERNAL REST. *LEST WE FORGET!*

Hello Kaitlyn. The Old Man in the video is looking back at himself as a young soldier. I too look at a photograph of myself (having enlisted at the age of 15 years of age after lying about my age, and tricking my dad into signing ,my enlistment papers as I was keen to serve my Queen and new country. Today; I look at that photograph and look at me in the mirror, and wonder where the years have gone. Today; I have watched my old army mates buried. We lost several this year and now there is only me left. I cannot help the tears when I hear this song,

The Gold Coast compared to Sydney is like comparing Miami/Los Vegas and New York if it where inhabited by Californians (or maybe a cross between Boston and Seattle

Talk toouch and said nothing😮

G,day Kaitlyn Vietnam has never gone away for me it's because of PTSD,and the Australian government don't care.

"Flat out like a lizard drinking" is in reference to a lizard lying on it's stomach to be able to get as close to the water as possible to drink as much as and as fast as possible.

Don't forget the Sydney Funnel web spider

That's because waitstaff get paid a living wage

Actually red rooster is mostly roast chicken

I get paid weekly in the Illawarra area of New South Wales

First nations flag...

Ibis is the true name of the bin chicken

welcome back! :) Hope 2025 is one of your best years yet

I like our voting system in Aus... Compulsory + Preferential :) There is still some gerrymandering, and a few attempts at voter suppression, but far less than what happens in the US! The US vote cycle is so long as well - It feels like a full year is written off just campaigning

4% of the world live in Merrikuh. But they think they're the world. Not smart, cannot even divide/multiply by 10. They're dumb because they don't READ, then they blame the system for their own ineducation.

One thing that gets overlooked in these discussions is the length of the "election season". You somewhat addressed it with the 68 day comment, but that results in a GIANT difference between US and Aussie elections. In 2022 the Australian federal election date was announced on 10 April, the election was on the 21 May and the new Prime Minister was inaugurated 2 days later. The ENTIRE campaign occurred within this timeframe. The time between the US election and the presidential inauguration is longer than the entire Australian election. Every election is this short. Americans live in some sort of campaign season nearly half the time, the minute the midterms are over, talk of the next presidential election starts. Campaigning for primaries in the US for the November 2024 election started in 2023 with the first primary in January of 2024. There are MONTHS of ubiquitous and incessant campaigning. Its no wonder people are either driven crazy or completely disengage. Its also no wonder it is SO expensive; the US campaign season never ends! This is one of the joys of becoming Australian I didn't appreciate until the last federal election. Just as the ads and texts and flyers were starting to get really annoying, it was over. Amazing!

Why not listen to the song first, before commenting? Their witterings destroy the whole feeling of the piece.

Sister I'm from Papua new give me a Aussie men

I think these words must be displayed at the entry points of Australia like airports and shipyards.... Just in case... Or educate migrants😂

I don't care what your accent is.Just be a decent person and most Aussies will be pleased to know you.

Aussie are like Brits when it comes to sense of humor