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
Oh I know the ones you mean - yes, I too wanted one. LOL, such deprived childhoods ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove the angle and colours. I remember shooting the ducks I wasn't into cupie dolls.
ReplyDeleteNow you've made me smile! :-) What a very cool image.
ReplyDeleteI got one.
ReplyDeleteWhich became separated from the cane it was on.
The cane lived on top of the kitchen cupboard for whackings.
You had to be pretty bad to get "the stick" - but geez it hurt.
(now I'm gunna go and tell my mum I've told the w.w.w. she used to whack me - hehheehee - sweet revenge).