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
Wouldn't it be good if you could press a playback button on a building and see its history.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot, agree with diane b. Reminds me of the New England. It is an interesting building with the old fibro. It could be an old butcher shop.
ReplyDeleteHah ... me too. I thought I would like to see the pride on the face of the people who first built and moved into this house.
ReplyDeleteI am reminded of the images yesterday of the space shuttle Discovery doing its flyover of Washington. The chimneys here provoked the memory ...