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 love roads like these... Great photo.
ReplyDeleteI know this spot well, many trips as a child to my Nan's at Toowoomba via lovely Tenterfield.
ReplyDeleteI know it well too. Got caught speeding on the stretch 20 years ago :-)
Delete*chukckle* ... still lovely feel to this ... 'moving forward' ... lots of road like this in Victoria ...
ReplyDeleteOn the road again tra la la la...... TOH always drives faster on the way home.
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