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
When we moved from the farm into the township at the end of 1962, we moved into a shed of about this size with earthern floor and rusty sheets of corrugated iron for outer walls and ceiling. The inner partitions were wardrobes and sliced open potato sacks.
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Nice shed ... and a lovely stand of RHPs ... always think they will attract slugs for some reason.
Found a lovely bunch of mouldy old leaves of an agapanthus clump on campus today. Will try to remember to take a photo tomorrow ...
Lovely composition and great colours too.
ReplyDeleteI love the corrugated tin building. The red hot pokers against that green, you can't plan that. It's wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this photo.