"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.
The song has been covered by The Wayfarers.
Track listing 7" Side A: "Goodbye Blinky Bill" (with Ami & Georgie Williamson and Bullamakanka) Side B: "Koala Koala"
Release history Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue Australia March 1986 Limited Edition GumLeaf Records, Festival Records K-9977
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