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
This is fantastic! Only bare trees are surrounding the house. And look at those boulder above. Terrific setting!
ReplyDeleteThat is stunning. My kind of place.
ReplyDeleteI bet the children who lived there would've had a great time playing up in those hills! Great hidey and cubby places.
ReplyDeleteWell it has been re-roofed/re-rooved but ... that surely looks like a slab hut. The style with those eye-windows is sooo old ...
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