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 am thinking I need to plan myself a road trip to SA.
ReplyDeleteEnjoying your train journey :)
A road trip is definitely worth it. But is it is a long way to drive.
DeleteI love SA, think I could live there.
ReplyDeleteYes it does seem very liveable. I thought the same when we went down on our Flinders trip.
DeleteThat is a problem with train travel and in cities you always see the grotty backs of commercial buildings.
ReplyDeleteYes long distance trail travel is certainly better than suburban city travel. I was only thinking that today as we went down to the city ... most of the time I could not even be bothered looking out the window.
DeleteA very familial South Aussie rural scene .... I always wonder about the story behind old abandoned stone cottages ....who lived there? What happened to them?
ReplyDeleteThose lovely stone cottages are so typical of South Australia aren't they. They hold such a lot of history of those first eager settlers.
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