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
OMGees! Those awnings!
ReplyDeleteI like those sort of awnings too.
DeleteIt looks like a sad face
ReplyDeleteSo many shops ... country and city look sad these days ,, taken over by shopping malls and the internet.
DeleteThis would be ideal for tea-rooms. I can see a rusty barrow planted with trailing geraniums out front .... an old pedal bike with pretty pansies in its basket. Vintage lace curtains - Redoute printed tablecloths and vases holding sprays of field flowers. And of course the best coffee and tea in town!
ReplyDeleteYep it looks ripe for such treatment, the only problem is that it is rather out of the way with the rest of the town ... an odd spot for a shop actually. The town bakery however seemed to be doing brisk trade and was very nice indeed.
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