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
Now this is something we definitely don't have around here, ;-) - Are they really so cute? Or only on photos?
ReplyDeleteCute, I've never really thought of them as cute but perhaps they are. In wildlife parks you can feed and pat them but in the wild they would jump away before you got too close. A big male kangaroo can be as big as a human which does take them outside of the cute category in my mind.
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are like small kangaroos and they can be very cute.
amazing sight for this texas lady to see :)))
ReplyDelete"afternoon snack" - I thought you were going to start munching on a kangaroo leg!
ReplyDeleteThe grass looks rather dry, but they seem to be having a feast.
ReplyDeleteNow, this is a fantastic image for someone who lives on the opposite side of the world!
ReplyDeleteCamels have been introduced there by humans and now the poor fellows have to be shoot down because they are destroying the habitat... Hope this will never happen to endemic species!