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
Wow! I've never seen anything like them. Great shot.
ReplyDeleteYeh I admit to being rather surprised by them.
DeleteWhoa! They are whoppers!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how old they are.
They guess around 300 years.
DeleteVery fashionable hair-styles. I love them.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought. Their hair is very neat. More on that tomorrow.
DeleteThey sure are huge. It takes hundreds of years to get that big I see you say 300. WOW!
ReplyDeleteWhere exactly are these - I think I will need to go and see them.
ReplyDelete30kms outside Coolah in Coolah Tops National Park.
DeleteWOW! These are AMAZING! I just LOVE them!
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