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Question by Flexs
Submitted on 4/29/2004
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I would like to know what did Sydney have to do with Khe Sanh. Reviewing song Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel and it mentions Sydney regularly "last plane out of Sydney's almost gone". Please if anyone has any idea let me know

Answer by popey
Submitted on 2/2/2006
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sydney has a curfew on their planes!! must be departed/all landed by 11pm i THINK.. not sure when but there IS a curfew so there is a last plane..

Answer by ezza123
Submitted on 3/20/2006
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This whole song reflects the afterlife of a Vietnam Australian War Veteran. From what I can gather, the line, "And how we sailed into Sydney Harbour," Is actually incorrect, as returning soldiers travelled by air, but the recurring line "The last plane out of sydneys almost gone," just refers to this veteran wanting to leave and find a reasonable meaning to his life in a different place. (A lot of veterans were very traumatised after the war.) This may be incorrect, but I think it has some truth. Hope this helped:)

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