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
Great wildflowers.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind having a flower carpet like that in my backyard :)
ReplyDeleteI love wildflowers. Desert ones are so exotic to me.
ReplyDeleteI really love these photos - the grey weathered bit of tree, the red, red dirt, the poppy-up little flowers.
ReplyDeleteI love the tiniest touch of purple in the third shot and the shape of the tree in shot two.
4th shot ... whether up or down ...
ReplyDeletelove it ...
oh really a special series to honor this beautiful field of flowers..poached eggs..good name actually
ReplyDeleteSuch a fine collection of photos.
ReplyDeleteThe red desert dirt with it's windswept ripples makes a wonderful background to the flowers.
The reddish soil makes such great backgrouds!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots make mine of the same flower look ordinary.
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