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
Aha that's Ann's home town. She is on holidays down the coast at the moment. Two more beauties for your collection. Haven't been to Ingham only passed through on a train.
ReplyDeleteI am assuming you mean Childers is Anne's home town. We passed thru it towards the end of the trip ... I really liked it.
DeleteYes agree it is a funny town, frequently battered by cyclones. WOW 2 Royal hotels!
ReplyDeleteThe second Royal is in Childers not Ingham.
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