Sofala is an old gold town, with quite a lot of old buildings giving it a real charm as a tourist town. But take a look at the building at the bottom right. Last time I was there it looked like the photo below!
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.
So someone has invested time and money and love. What a good restoration/rebuild. I like the look of the house bottom left of the collage.
ReplyDeleteSofala is a lovely little joint. My friend Shirley and I had lunch up on top of the rise next to the cemetery of the Anglican Church.
oh I LOVED Sofala.
ReplyDeleteEspecially the sweeping road that goes up the hill and you look back on the little town.
To the photographer's eye: doesn't the not restored building make a better subject? ;-)
ReplyDeleteSofala is a funny word to my ear - "small sofa" ... on the other hand it sounds Bulgarian (okay, I am thinking of Sofia I guess).
Charmy indeed! Glad someone recovered that falling house.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you Martina the bottom shot is much more photographic but I don't think it could have lasted much longer in it's previous state. I can't find anything on the origin of the name.
ReplyDeleteJulie and Letty, it is a lovely place. I ddidn't go up the hill, I am always entranced by the buildings in the main street.