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
Yes, it is.
ReplyDeleteEspecially for us on the other side of the globe with our more late-autumn-like winter right now, ;-)
It might be a tourist town but it's a very pretty one.
ReplyDeleteTilba is a great little town, disappointing about the cheese.
ReplyDeleteOh! I do love that picturesque cottage in the top pic and the cute Bakery obviously it has bread but no cheese - gorgeous captures!
ReplyDeleteI loved Central Tilba when we visited.
ReplyDeletePretty with just the right amount of decrepitude.
Lovely country houses and gardens and the compulsory Bakery.
ReplyDelete'Decrepitude'. Hah!
ReplyDeleteI read all these posts yesterday, just forgot to comment. I have been to Tilba a couple of times now. I like the houses and probably the community spirit, but as with these things, once they go for the tourist dollar they seem less in my eyes. One of the really nice things about Tilba is the valley, the surrounding hills (and rock cliffs) and the way the fog sits.