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
It is a lovely house. I love how its colours seem to be blend into the plains.
ReplyDeleteYes that is what appeals to me in it too.
DeleteAnd the undulating paddocks ... and the tanks still not pilfered ... and the squareness of the structures.
ReplyDeleteI like the framing, how the rise in the land just skims the top of the building. And yes it is great that the tanks are still there.
DeleteBeautiful photo. It has that uniquely Australian feel.
ReplyDeleteYes it does have an Aussie feel. We read of people heading off to France and Italy to restore old rural buildings but I somehow feel this one and many others in Oz are for the termites not a repair job.
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