With reluctance we turn our vehicle inland, knowing this leads to the end of our journey. But there are still some delights like the lush countryside of the Hunter Valley to pass through.
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.
How beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it is as green as that now ... though I suspect this is irrigated pasture so probably is. They were saying on the radio this morning that the Hunter was not yet getting the rain we are having at the moment.
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