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
Thanks for sharing your journey, Joan. Lots of places I've never visited before!
ReplyDeleteYou take me on lots of places I now want to see. Glad to reciprocate.
DeleteI'd love to have daffodils in my garden.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a low sky.
Daffodils go with cold weather. I guess there has to be some compensation.
Deleteyellow Canola fields are so pretty.
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