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
People watching, or perhaps a chat to a person who might come and sit beside you, or eat a packed lunch before going back to the office.... :D)
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ReplyDeleteRead a book or talked to people.
ReplyDeleteOf course she could be reading an ebook.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I do when I'm waiting or sitting alone.
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Read a book, or even - heaven forbid - a paper paper! Cathedral Square?
ReplyDeleteHospital quad. I didn't venture any further into the city that a block of so around Philip Street.
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