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
Now that I have enlarged these, I can see the "big" lamp in the smaller.
ReplyDeleteA fitting memorial to all those miners in both China and the USA who have perished over the last two weeks. A tough way to make a living ... ;
I agree with Julie, this post is a fitting memorial. Miners surely have a tough life...
ReplyDeleteAs to the lamps, they are fantastic and I don't remember seeing them before.
Wonderful shots of the lamps. I don't think I've seen these before. And it's so interesting to see a miner's lamp being the inspiration for part of a building.
ReplyDeleteThe Tourist Office is so wonderfully kitsch. I love it!
ReplyDeleteI am so enjoying viewing your travel spaces through your camera lens. You have so many interesting places to share. Gives me a moment of rest to think and view. Thank you.
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