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
I'm reading cook's biography at the moment. He certain had some epic journeys.
ReplyDeleteUmm ... I have not seen this in person yet ... shall have to wander from bridge to bridge on my next visit ...
ReplyDeleteIt is just to the left of Commonwealth Avenue bridge coming from Civic direction ... overlooking the Captain Cook Fountain.
ReplyDeleteif you are going to stay as Olim's it is going to be quite a walk to Commonwealth Park!
Winam, I am not reading anything but over the Christmas holidays perhaps I can rectify that.
ReplyDeleteLast time I walked from the Hotel Kurrajong, via Defence to the AWM and back again ...
ReplyDeleteGreat background for this sculpture. I thought it was the ocean... :-)
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