I only ever knew this song through Jody Stechers version but fell in love with the song on first hearing about 25 years ago.

The history in the posts above is truly fascinating but it doesnt seem possible to Google an image of the blue mountain and the horse head so its hard to picture. Locally (in OZ) the closest place I can think of that reflects is Mt Warning in Northern NSW and it was in that district where I first heard Jody's version of the song.

Cheers,

Andrez