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
I believe these are kelp. Do you know how fast they grow? :-)
ReplyDeleteA wonderful photo.
ReplyDeleteI can taste the salt and the sand, haha.
JM, yes I think it is kelp and I don't have a clue about things of the sea so haven't go a clue how fast they grow.
ReplyDeleteMartina, thanks, I like this photo because it brings the fragance of the sea to me whereas I notice it suggested the taste and touch of the sea to you.
Perhaps because I was thinking about having a nice instant miso soup ...
ReplyDeleteThe colours and the textures here are wonderful. So good to find the various vaieties all intertwined.
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