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
It's a good thing that the outdoors are so within reach, because Canberra can be lacking in urban pleasures.
ReplyDeleteAs Freddie says:
ReplyDelete"I want to break free"
AH, see, I would have gone inward ... I feel I am at my best in the inner-city. It is where I feel the most connected ... However, Civic is not what I would call inner-city ... not like Darlo ...
ReplyDeleteThat's the problem with Canberra ... no heart.
ReplyDeleteYep
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