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.
Blast Furnace Park, Lithgow
Oh, I don't know where to begin. I would be in heaven in this place. The outline of the vegetation growing down the wall is amazing, that first photo has me completely riveted, and the brickwork is terrific.
ReplyDeleteI want to visit! Thank you so much for the snap and share!
ReplyDeleteI like all the angles you have here - it makes me feel like I've gone on my own adventure/trip just by looking at your photographs.
ReplyDeleteamazing.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the slab of metal in the first photo.
ReplyDeleteYour photos of the Blast Furnace are fab, Joan!
ReplyDeletethere is something so endearing about these structures ..your images feature such amazing angles and textures~elk
ReplyDeleteOld places like this give you the feeling that you are the first to find and explore it. Clearly not the case but a nice feeling anyway.
ReplyDeleteThe "slab of metal" as AB said is the one thing that shows me, hey, it is not a church but something else. Amazing. I like the first photo because of its unique perspective.
ReplyDeleteAnd did I say that your new masthead is so coool, wow!
Yep, agree with the comments from Paula and Martina about the masthead - a knockout.
ReplyDeleteGood little mosaic of this area. I like that brickwork encasing the round window.