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 like this sort of structure much better than the wind farm style.
ReplyDeleteI like the composition of this frame - windmill on the right and the line of powerpoles that carries the view away (aarrgh, my English is failing me).
ReplyDeleteI think I would be able to find everything in Germany you showed this far: tyres (Hi, Julie ;-)), swans made out of tyres, sheds, hollyhocks, even perhaps the one or other "dunny" (?) - but not this kind of windmill. Reminds me of watching "Flying Doctors" some twenty years ago.
We got many of the wind farms Julie mentioned.
Which town are we in?
ReplyDelete(wish I had a windmill in my street)
Your German probably beats mine hands down, Martina! For a non-native your English is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI am astounded that you can find all these strange little things in Germany, too. I always think of them as typical Australian quirks.
The world is a relatively small place ...
So interesting to discover from both Martina's and PJ's comments during the series that these quirky country things are seen just about anywhere in the world.
ReplyDeleteWe are walking in Molong but the series goes driving from tomorrow.