The countryside around Eugowra is very rocky. We were travelling along Escort Way, and quickly got the idea that bushrangers once lurked behind those rocks.
Visit Eugowra and learn of its history over at 100 Towns.
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 bushrangers sure liked the rocky granite country, so I'm sure they would have hidden out if there was something to rob!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful autumn colours!
ReplyDeleteGreat Autumn colours.
ReplyDeleteThe autumn colour has not been great this year so it was nice to catch some looking good.
DeleteI don't know much about our bushrangers. I must rectify that. Shan't live long enough.
ReplyDeleteIs there an apostrope in shant/shan't? I guess it is 'shall not' so maybe it should be "sha'n't" ... looks like a swathe of fly droppings.
Not sure about bushrangers ... they are just criminals .. though I guess the same can be said of convicts.
DeleteYour musings about "shall not" amused me. I looked it up and alternatives are shan't, shalln't and shan'n't. I can't believe anyone would use that last one.