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
Where is market City? Nice to go down memory lane now and then.
ReplyDeleteHaymarket. On the edge of Chinatown and over the road from the Entertainment centre. Paddys market is on the ground level.
DeleteI went to uni around the corner at UTS so this is memory lane for me too. And you're right, a China Town has a very distinctive smell.
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