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
What appears to be shadow is actually more or less absorbency in the sand ... ?
ReplyDeleteYes it is wet sand where the water has been absorbed.
ReplyDeleteWe went to the beach again this weekend ... hence the tardiness of my comments ... I've quite fallen in love with the place during this milder seasonal transition weather.
The beach at this time of year (and in Autumn and Winter too) is glorious because there is/are fewer people ...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
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