This time we were camped by the lagoon. Looking across its still water out to the sea.
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.
The South Coast is grand. Love Kiama, Gerringong and Berry. I will do more on Bermagui in the next coupla days, in between all this work for our major family reunion in 2011. Great fun, engrossing ... but sooo time consuming.
ReplyDeleteI love this stretch of coastline too. The Sapphire Coast might be more stunning, but this area is both stunning and accessible.
ReplyDeleteahhhh. lovely. serene.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have a go in a little row boat there.
ReplyDeleteI would have never connected this landscape with Australia.
ReplyDeleteReally good composed photo. I like the colouring, too.
I love how the horizon is so far up toward the top edge of the frame. It really pulls the eye to the water nearby.
ReplyDeleteI find myself coming back to this photo when I am at the final point of bridging from my work world to my art world. Ah - arrival back at the real home. smiling....
ReplyDeleteRenee, thank you for telling me this. It is such a reward for my photography which is my own bridge from the work-a-day world.
ReplyDeleteThe reflections here make me anxious to get to our "other home" - less than two months to go!
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