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
Happy Australia Day! I think the Australian bush is postcard perfect. Certainly my sort of postcard. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful, Joan. Happy Australia Day!
ReplyDeletePostcards are over-rated. They reflect cliches for folk who cannot think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI like the colours of our bush, but I especially like the smell of our bush.
Not sure that I like Australia Day. It tends to bring out the drongo in us.
Well, that depends on your point of view!! Your shot looks VERY Frederick McCubbin - and his paintings are BEYOND postcards!!
ReplyDeleteYes Red the colour here is very McCubbin.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I have warmed to Australia Day since they run it on the fixed date, though the date can be contentious.
As for postcards ... I wonder how many of the shots we put in our blogs would rate as postcards (hence cliche by Julie's definition).