Walang turned out to have a modern real estate development but further down the road that rambles along beside the highway an older history could be found. I think it is a while since this community hall has been used. In fact everything was old damp and mouldering down this road, more tomorrow.
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.
It is sadly remembering the country people enjoying the Saturday night dance within its walls.
ReplyDeleteAs sad as it is, I think this is a wonderful photo that says a lot.
ReplyDeleteBack ... back ... back to the primordial sludge ...
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