DtG, most Aussies can barely manage to sing the first verse of the official Aussie anthem, but most of us can sing along with I Am Australian. The official anthem melody is difficult to sing, it doesn't suit the range of most people's voices and even professional singers can struggle with it, and some of the lyrics - in my opinion - are cringeworthy. A common joke-topic about the anthem is the line "our land is girt by sea". Who is this girl called Girt? Who uses the word "girt" these days? You just have to say the word "girt" to most Aussies and we crack up laughing.

But sing I Am Australian and it definitely brings a tear to many Aussie eyes. It is unifying and uplifting, in my opinion.

I saw a concert on TV with the New Zealand - but considered an honorary Aussie - band Crowded House at the Sydney Opera House. Almost everyone in the crowd knew all the lyrics to all of their songs and could sing along with the melodies. It was soul stirring.

The same thing happens when a big crowd of people sings along to I Am Australian. It is soul stirring and unifying. Everything a national anthem should be, and everything the current Aussie anthem is not. in my opinion.