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
Looking forward to this new journey.
ReplyDeleteWell this will be interesting! Can't wait to see your road trip.
ReplyDeleteI have just started reading Don Watson's "The Bush". I think he wrote it just for you.
ReplyDeleteI am reading it too. But slowly. It is in my pile to read when I am relaxed and with time on my hands and there has not been a lot of that lately. About a quarter of the way thru.
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