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
looks a good hideout for bushrangers
ReplyDeleteLove rocky 'islets' whether on water or land. The different shades of browns and greens are lovely.
ReplyDeleteRocky outcrops always add a lot of character to the land. Good homes for the little creatures and hardy plants.
ReplyDeleteJM, I had not thought of the rocks by the sea but I like that thought.
ReplyDeleteDiane, rocks say that to me too ever since I saw Thunderbolt's rock as a kid.
Susan, it amazes me not so much that trees find a foothold in a rock crevice but how they manage to grow there.
I spy with my little eye, something beginning with 'L'.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I dunno what you are spying!!
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