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
Wow! That's an amazing decoration!! Drove through Deniliquin recently - they've actually got an annual event - the 'Ute Muster'!!! That'd be amazing too ...
ReplyDeleteI love the aboriginal 'graffiti'. Actually I'm looking foward to get one of those painted wooden lizards but I haven't find the right one yet.
ReplyDeleteVery home-made looking and rather aboriginal. I love it.
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