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
This is cool .... I am very very much looking forward to seeing and reading the next posts.
ReplyDeleteThe colours in this one (and the framing) are great.
I hope you did the tour!
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I found it the down point of my tour. I think it was the concept of living below ground ...
ReplyDeleteI like the contrast of that bright blue sky and the orange dirt.
ReplyDeleteI always get Coober Pedy and Kalgoorlie mix up.
ReplyDeleteI love how those hills could be hundreds of metres high or as tiny as a little ant hill - with no other distinguishing features in the landscape it's impossible to tell the scale.
Cober Pedy and Kalgoorlie are easily distinguished. One starts with C and the other ...
ReplyDeletePete I did a tour not sure it is is the tour. I found it so odd that I felt a paid tour was order just to get my bearings.
ReplyDeleteLetty, have never been to Kalgoorlie to know if there is any similarity.
Martina and Megan this is one weird place so you will be seeing something different.