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
At the bottom of your street!!!! wow !!! Its just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYep the walk is South Lawson Park is quite a lovely one. It is about 1/2 km (I guess) down to the bottom of the Street, a 3km circuit with a not unreasonable amount of steps then the 1/2 km uphill back home - so takes quite a while to do the lot given my poor level of fitness. There is quite a variety of scenery from dry eucalypt forest at the top to rainforest below and four waterfalls.
DeleteIt is too long since I have done the walk so I must do it again one day ... but I am due to start work again on Monday.
Such a stunning waterfall. Running water is so hard to capture, but you've done it well.
ReplyDeleteBeginners luck on that one.
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