It's definitely about Australia and the whole song has the feel of an Australian summer night.
Because of the Southern Cross (Crux constellation) and stars/sky references, I think there's some more in this song. It could be Orion the Hunter as the "hunter dancing under the trigger", Sirius dog constellation (Canis Major) as the "dog watching over me in my sleep", and Andromeda as the "bride washing up on the shore". The lines about doves, ships and lions are also part of the constellation mythology.
It's definitely about Australia and the whole song has the feel of an Australian summer night.
Because of the Southern Cross (Crux constellation) and stars/sky references, I think there's some more in this song. It could be Orion the Hunter as the "hunter dancing under the trigger", Sirius dog constellation (Canis Major) as the "dog watching over me in my sleep", and Andromeda as the "bride washing up on the shore". The lines about doves, ships and lions are also part of the constellation mythology.