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
I love this variety of Australian countryside. Heavily farmed and changed from what nature provided for the early settlers.
ReplyDeleteThere is something about patchwork scenery which is compelling.
ReplyDeleteI see it as the transition lands between the city and the big farm lands, between the hills and the plains, And yes I love the patchwork too.
ReplyDeleteAnother shot that could have been taken at the Alentejo. :-)
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