Goodbye Blinky Bill Explained

"Goodbye Blinky Bill" is a song written and recorded by John Williamson with Bullamakanka and John’s daughters Ami and Georgie. The song was released in a limited edition in March 1986 as the only single from Williamson's 1986 compilation album All the Best.

The song is a conservation song, raising awareness of the decline in numbers of the Australian koala due to deforestation of eucalypts trees; with reference to an anthropomorphic koala named Blinky Bill. A$1 from each sale was donated to the Koala Preservation Society in Port Macquarie.^{[1] [2]}

The song has been covered by The Wayfarers.^[3]

Track listing

7" ^[4] Side A: "Goodbye Blinky Bill" (with Ami & Georgie Williamson and Bullamakanka)
Side B: "Koala Koala"

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Williamson – Goodbye Blinky Bill. Koala Land. 2011. 22 September 2018.
2. Web site: Paroles de GOODBYE BLINKY BILL John Williamson. Great Song. 23 September 2018.
3. Web site: The Unicorn by The Wayfarers. 6 December 2007 . iTunes Australia. 23 September 2018.
4. John Williamson and Bullamakanka. Goodbye Blinky Bill . 1986. LP. GumLeaf Records.