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
Cobar is such an unsung gem! But we're always passing through either coming or going, so haven't ever explored it properly!! And the caravan park is one of the best!!
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It is all the verandahed footpaths that I find adorable. Sydney used to look like this. I have seen photographs of Pitt and George Streets at the end of the 19thC bedecked with verandhi ...
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