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 cannot read that: Does it say "vauxhall"?
ReplyDeleteLook at that shed though, hey! Saplings stripped back with a blunt axe, no doubt. And the obligatory sheet of corrugated iron flapping around.
They knew about sheds in those days ...
A Vanguard according to my husband. Yeh, I agree it is the combination of car and shed that is just right.
ReplyDeleteI've got another country shed coming up tomorrow. There is lots of corrugated iron in the bush.
The car is fantastic! Really nice find!
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