THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
LEGEND OF
THE WALLABY
OUR VERY OWN ‘WALLABY LEGEND’
TAKES A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE…
LEGEND OF THE WALLABY
crossed this Land
From north to south and east to west, he's
say ‘because’.
of Oz and round in both directions, as they
song,
He's been everywhere mate, just like that old
along.
but uninvited, troublemaker Murphy comes
sacred there,
He wreaks havoc in the Lion's Den, nothings
.
dongles, tyres, aerials, Murphy doesn't care
Lionel mental,
He's even travelled overseas to drive poor
a continental.
his aim achieved, that Murphy doesn't give
troll,
Lionel does not deserve this rot. That evil little
e himself AWOL.
should pack his bag of dirty tricks and mak
in pastures new,
Now Yemmy is heading westward to park
’ to you.
family ties are beckoning, we say ‘good luck
nington,
Lionel will be greatly missed by friends in Mor
is great fun.
our happy hour will be one short – one who
in hand,
With a twinkle in his eye and a glass of red
band.
the ‘Legend of the Wallaby’ and player in the
for Lionel's sake,
Here's cheers to lots more happy trips, and
e the man a break’.
we'll raise a glass and say to Murphy, ‘Giv
– Jane Hambly
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We lived in Mornington for many years
before Vi died, and had made lots of
friends in the area, but 11 years ago, after
she had gone, I seized the opportunity
to have a dependent relatives unit
built and put on my daughter and her
husband's lovely 20-acre farmlet at
Illawarra, near Stawell, Vic. It's really
a two-bedroom house with the guest
bedroom having its own ensuite and
it's very comforting to know that help
is only 50m away should I ever need it.
Our last Mornington home was in
a caravan park. Friday nights were
always happy hour in our street.
Many's the yarn that was shared and
many's the jokes that we told.
At my last happy hour with those lovely
people, I was given a great memento
by one of my Australian Caravan Club
friends who still lives in the park –
a poem she had written just for me
(left) and it was in a nice glass-fronted
frame.
In case you are wondering what
Lion's Den Jane was referring to, it
was the name I had on the bonnet of
my first Yemmy. It said LIONelS DEN
but nobody ever spotted the small L.