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
Fascinated by this series, had to scroll back to the beginning to see where it was! Some magical areas here - I thought originally it might be North Coast.
ReplyDeleteI just can't find the parts of the north coast to really like. I guess because I find the south coast so appealing. Not that we chose this for its coastal beauty I was more as a pleasant surprise as a result of my husband going to uni there.
DeleteGraffiti sux
ReplyDeleteYeh. I wonder if it was their own kids who did it.
DeleteEspecially that sort of graffiti.
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