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Nar Eric sung it then John Williamson done it ... Everytime I hear it I cry and think of how hard it must have been ...

When I was a young man I carried my pack And I lived the free life of a rover From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback I waltzed my Matilda all over Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be done So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun And they sent me away to the war And the band played Waltzing Matilda As we sailed away from the quay And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers We sailed off to Gallipoli How well I remember that terrible day How the blood stained the sand and the water And how in that h ell that they called Suvla Bay We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to he ll Nearly blew us right back to Australia But the band played Waltzing Matilda As we stopped to bury our slain We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs Then we started all over again Now those that were left, well we tried to survive In a mad world of blood, death and fire And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive But around me the corpses piled higher Then a big Turkish shell knocked me ar se over head And when I woke up in my hospital bed And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead Never knew there were worse things than dying For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda All around the green bush far and near For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs No more waltzing Matilda for me So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed And they shipped us back home to Australia The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay I looked at the place where my legs used to be And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me To grieve and to mourn and to pity And the band played Waltzing Matilda As they carried us down the gangway But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared Then turned all their faces away And now every April I sit on my porch And I watch the parade pass before me And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march Reliving old dreams of past glory And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?" And I ask myself the same question And the band plays Waltzing Matilda And the old men answer to the call But year after year their numbers get fewer Some day no one will march there at all Thank you to all the Soilders both young and old, Less I will forget! return home safe

Sorry for your losses mate. Maybe a lamp so it's not so bright

Honestly No idea about the opaline to it's older but if you guys say so then I guess it is .. So both parent are / greywing :hap: ..... Hmmmmm I am loving these parents ...

LOL Dave... Is there a drain in there too Kaz???

No ... She is saying 1 of 2 things 1. Ewww can you smell that ... 2. Beauty is a curse ..... And I've got it :hap: Love the picture

I have found a few places are still sell products that have copper bells! My locak produce store sells them, Until I advised him that they aren't good for the birds as it is toxic to them. Unless you want to be sued my a customer if something happens don't purchase these anymore, He is wrapped around my little pinkie LOL

Getting there Ded My kids especially my Son Dylan, Wears his Beanie and Hood too LOL ....

Really nice flock I see that Liv and Kaz along with Dave have addressed the Henplucking issue. To your question re: feeding during breeding, Plenty of greens and Veggies along with Calicum, whist they are rasing chick, softer foods, like soaked seeds, Egg & biccy mix, Scrambled Eggs, Brown breads and More veggies

Was she only like this this afternoon when you got home?? Like Live said warmth and Calcium ( put a drop of calcivet on her beak)

How old his he?????

Go you good thing!!!!!!!

how beauitful! MMMMMMM They love their vegies

You can't wait LOL ... I have waited 15months! to breed her as she was my one of baby that hatched

:P yep :hap:

WOOOO HOOOO - I love the violets .... I need Yf in the avairy I only have this one

Yep agree a Normal Grey Cock - I love his depth of color too ... P.S I am sooo happy to see a Newbie with Natural perches in the cage

Liv, glad you didn't hold that in , We all NOW know what happens LOL

Gezzz Kaz - That tiling makes it looks " POSH" lol ..... It is going to be a ONE OF A KIND!

And the ooozzzing in between the toes like Libb stated ..... Me i don't care about that stuff it's the Binidi's that I hate ..OUCH

Out of 7 eggs 6 have hatched 1 baby has died. ( was on the floor of the aviary.) I gave it budgie CPR for at least 5 mins but to no avail…. I’m looking forward to Violets and Mauve Yellowfaces Mum is a YF opaline Mauve and Dad is a Violet Reccessive Pied. Is my prodection correct

BABY UPDATES YAY! okay so here is Baby No 1 A Violet opaline Grey wing cock, Don’t ask me where they grey wing came into it – Baby No 2 a Grey Clearwing pied Cock ( Danish Pied ?? ) Baby No 3 A skyviolet cock now it has a dom pied clearwing trait with Faint grey markings Baby No 4 A Cobalt Normal Hen I like this picture she kept putting her wing over her face being shy Baby No 5 A Grey Normal Hen And he Group Shot They grow sooo fast

NEVER, hold your Farts in .... They travel up your spine, into your brain. and that is where crappy ideas come from !!!!

LMAO anything for you missylu ... You just need to send me more pics :::

Does the budgie dance... Cool, I have honestly only one 1 thing in my life and that was a free $2 ticket of a scratchy LOL