hi the original home among the gumtrees was across between our home in st andrews and my parents home in eltham. sadly buttermans track st andrews has been burnt in the recent bushfires. i really question now the wisdom of building a house anywhere near a gumtree.
we moved to murwillumbah nsw in the late 70s when wally became a hare krishna and i thought it was a reasonable idea too.
we have 4 beautiful grown up children. wally died in 1995 of pneumonia so he did not get to meet his beautiful grandchildren. all 8.
all the kids are musical and perform often both indian and western styles.
his youngest son ryan is a talented guitarist, singer and songwriter and is studying guitar at scu. grandaughter kalyani has a beautiful singing voice, plays keyboard and writes.
drug references were never in the original song and as wally was a vegetarian he used to change the roast part when he performed.
captain rock was a hilarious vaudevillian act. hi bob