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
Ooo ... like little graves like that. I guess nothing can be as immense as where those good folk have gone.
ReplyDeleteI like the perspective in the first photo with all the bricks crumbling to the front (kind of ...). The second photo is a little bit too moody for my taste ;-)
ReplyDeletemoody for sure..there is such a feeling to impending storms..
ReplyDelete... bit too moody for Martina ... hah!
ReplyDeleteJulie, really ... ;-).
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