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
A good capture of country life.
ReplyDeleteYeh those hats are a dead give away.
DeleteI bet it was fun. Nothing like a country shindig!
ReplyDeleteWhat I like about the country is the way they create their own fun, not just buy a ticket to some show others have created.
DeleteI'll bet it was FREEZING!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was a wintery night but we mountain people are used to cold weather.
DeleteOne of these photos where I think: Oh, I would like to have been there!
ReplyDeleteYou would have had a real taste of country Australia if you had been there.
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