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
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but: is this for humans or for livestock? A house or a barn or a stable or .. or ... ?
ReplyDeleteSo many abandoned buildings. Has everyone left for the big city?
ReplyDeleteI am astounded each time I venture into rural NSW just how much is abandoned. It is very beautiful, but sad at the same time.
ReplyDeleteMartina, this is a not a stupid question. I was wondering the same thing.
ReplyDeleteIt would not be for livestock because we typically only house horses, pigs and poultry and it doesn't look at all like a stable, pig sty or chicken coop.
If it was a house I would expect a chimney and there isn't one.
That leaves it to be a shed but it is the wrong shape and has far to many doors, windows as well as floor boards so is unlikely to have started life as a shed.
So I am opting for it having been an old and somewhat temporary house.
AB, there are heaps and heaps of houses which are not abandoned but I don't find them interesting to photograph.
Julie, I think we are just very attuned to old rusty stuff :-)