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'm glad they managed to keep the dioramas as they are a piece of history in themselves.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Winam. I will have to go down to the new galleries, too. I was just a few weeks too early last September. Shant go down for a few months yet, though. This week is already giving me the dry rots.
ReplyDeleteIs it the weather or the over the top 100 year stuff getting you down ... I think it's both with me.
Delete... the over the topishness ... and the concept being hijacked by all and sundry ...
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