Is that a Coolibah tree beside the abandoned house? Every Australian knows about Coolibah trees because the bush ballad Waltzing Matilda is nigh on our unoffical national anthem but most of us live nowhere near the inland where they grow. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
Very dun coloured soil: wheat shafts waiting to be returned to the soil. Lovely curves to this landscape. You have placed the tree just so ...
ReplyDeleteTell me: Carbonne Country. What sort of a division is that? Shire, parish ...
Got it myself: Cabonne Country, "Australia's Food Basket" is a rich rural shire in central west NSW, covering the towns of Canowindra, Cargo, Cudal, Cumnock, Eugowra, Manildra, Molong and Yeoval. The area is home to the site of Australia's first gold rush and is famous for ballooning, food and wine, agriculture and mining."
ReplyDeleteAnd the name is an Aboriginal word meaning "large". The council site gives a lovely little map.
Okay ... I'm ready now ...
Great shot! Once again this could be southern Portugal! :-)
ReplyDeletehmm, I think I can post something similar ... .
ReplyDeleteBut around here no cattle roaming and no need to give trees a haircut. A difference between Australia (and Portugal obviously) and Germany.