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
Hah ... gone a little stir-crazy had we?
ReplyDeleteWe live in a big big country. That first photo shows some of the landscape that I love the most.
I was enjoying the trip immensely and a little surprised at the depth of joy at seeing a mountain again. The Blue and Gold country is a favourite with me too.
ReplyDeleteI think of Australia as essentially flat. I am learning as lot from your trip.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous fields! wow, the colors are excellent and I love the texture and line of the curvy tree branches and clustered rocks.
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