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
Good heavens, I would need to pull up to read all those signs!
ReplyDeleteThe great wide open spaces are calling you. We couldn't get over how high above sea level it is put there.
ReplyDeleteLovely green hill! What a contrast to the flat ground.
ReplyDeleteSuch an unusual landscape! It's fascinating how the earth seems to swell up for no reason at all.
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