This is another of a series of Jigsaw Puzzles highlighting the Longreach Local Government Area.
But more than just a Jigsaw! Once again, upon completion of the jigsaw, you will receive a puzzle clue.
Life is a puzzle. Make sense - solve the puzzle!
Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda has been labelled Australia's 'unofficial' national anthem. The song (originally a poem) was written by Australian poet, Banjo Paterson in the late 19th Century while he was staying at Dagworth Station, a cattle station near Winton in Central West Queensland, not all that far from where this cache is.
Perhaps when Banjo Patterson wrote the song, his intent was to tell a simple story of a swagman who had fallen on hard times. And maybe, the repeated chorus, "waltzing Matilda" emphasized that the only comfort that the swagman had was when he was drifting or waltzing with his Matilda or bedroll.
Maybe also, thereis something extra - about a geocache, perhaps? Your jigsaw will tell you.
But the line Under the shade of a coolibah tree really hits home with this jigsaw!
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."
Chorus:
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."