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
And this pales into insignificance when you travel through the Hunter! But, it can only be dug out once.
ReplyDeleteOurs are full of water so these ones will get more business.
ReplyDeleteJulie, you are right. But I wonder if we dug it all out whether we would then have to think of something more creative.
ReplyDeleteDiane, I hadn't thought about that.