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
But not original, you realise? I have a book on a shelf behind me about the original and the fire ... 1970s ... not sure.
ReplyDeleteNo I didn't realise. So it is a nice facsimile of old like QVB.
DeleteWhat a wonderful Olde-World style arcade Joan I'd love to spend an afternoon shopping there.... when I fist saw your thumbnail I though you had jetted off to Paris !!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long while since I visited Paris.
ReplyDeleteI love arcades, original or not.
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