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
You had so much better weather than we did. You also seem to have gone in the opposite direction.
ReplyDeleteOn the Art and About website I came across a link to the Foto Reisel Foto Rally on Saturday 16 October which looks like fun. Its a photo challenge where you don't find out the route or the challenge until the start. $10 registration. Its walkable so presumably will be a route through the city.
http://www.fotoriesel.com.au/News/News/foto-rally-faq.php
One of my most favourite photos I've recently seen.
ReplyDeleteIt's just glorious and dreamy.
I think these are the photos you do best - country landscapes (not that I don't love your other photos, too! - it would be a bit boring if you just did landscapes).
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ReplyDeleteI recently saw the Hans Heysen exhibition in Canberra, who painted lots of Flinders Ranges landscapes in the early 20th Century. This photo looks exactly like his paintings.
ReplyDeleteAnn, we had lots of rain but also plenty of sunshine. And yes, we clearly took a different route from you. I'll check out the rally.
ReplyDeleteLetty, a plethora of landscapes coming up.
Winam, everywhere I turned at the Flinders I saw Heysen painting. I see the exhibition is finished in Canberra. I would like to have seen it to compare.
Great depth of field. How green it is!
ReplyDeleteThe colours are lovely!
ReplyDeleteSo much greener than when I was there in 2007.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't mind, I put this on my desktop. It's such a pretty sight, the earth and the big sky.
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