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 the cobwebs ... ;-)
ReplyDeleteWonderful bottom pic Joan, with that lovely coppery/bronze patina. Cobwebs are such intricate works of art woven with much attention to detail ... I always feel a tinge of regret when I disturb one.
ReplyDeleteThey are works of art when static, and theatre when in motion I would think.
ReplyDeleteThey are works of art when static, and theatre when in motion I would think.
ReplyDeleteMartina beat me to it! I knew your father was an engineer, but fascinating to know that Ian's father was a train driver. You both need to go down to Goulburn ...
ReplyDeleteTrain driver, tram driver then refrigeration engineer at a meat factory. What's at Goulburn?
DeleteA train museum and working turntable. I only know because Bruce Casperson waxed lyrical about it. I have not been myself.
DeleteRefrigeration engineers often work closely with air conditioning engineers like MOM (My Old Man). Love the colours in the last shot. I have pics of train wheels but have never posted them. You give me inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI see I'm not the only one who noticed the cobwebs ...
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