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
Gorgeous autumnal colours. So rich and vibrant.
ReplyDeleteWe are only at the beginning of Autumn so lots more colour to come. I quite like the Pin Oaks when they are at this stage but no so much later in the season because they hang onto their leaves during the winter and look very untidy and drab when the rest of the trees are looking artistic and skeletal.
DeleteGreat colous indeed.
ReplyDeleteJoan, thank you for the information on the Norfolk Trees. I've just done some research and found out that there are 19 species of Araucaria, some native to South America. Maybe I'm mistaken (they all look very similar) and those in my photo are not Norfolk Trees. Perhaps they have come from the former colony of Brazil...