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 beautiful photo.
ReplyDeleteI think I've mentioned it before - I can't look at a landscape like this without thinking of that glorious tapestry in the Great Hall at Parliament House based on Arthur Boyd's painting.
http://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Parliament_House_Art_Collection/Great_Hall_Tapestry
I reminded me of the very same tapestry. But in the end I linked with Blue Poles in the title.
ReplyDeletebefore I even read you words I thought I could see this hanging on a wall.
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