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
It's so sad that the number of bookshops in the city have wittled down in recent years. Hopefully Dymocks is here to stay.
ReplyDeleteFortunately most of the good ones are still around.
ReplyDeleteI love Dymocks, but have never been to their coffee shop. I must admit that nowadays I mostly take the escalator down to "children's". I am prepared to buy adult books online, but hardly ever children's ...
ReplyDeleteI tried ebooks but at heart I am a book collector and ebooks just are not the same.
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