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 re,member studying there in the sixties I bet it has changed now.
ReplyDeleteThat would have been the Mitchell Library. There is a new wing now which is where I work.
ReplyDeleteI use both wings. When were you there last? I was there on the Saturday of last week, and I swaer that bike was in the rack just like in your photo. I am working up a story on the abomination which is the Cahill Expressway.
ReplyDeleteThis was on Wednesday last week.
DeleteGreat composition, but what I like more is the wonderful juxtaposition of lines and textures. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteI always have trouble seeing well in urban spaces. Glad you like the composition :-)
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