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
I was just looking on Poof this week at a couple of photos of Mt Kaputar.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a lovely sight when travelling along that road.
http://poofanditsgone.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/winter-tuesday-12.html
Yes it is. It's been a long time since I have travelled the Newell so it was quite forgotten to me.
DeleteSawn Rocks is such a cool rock spot, and Mt Kaputar NP stunning! I wish I was there with you :D
ReplyDeleteYes really cool. As today's post shows.
DeleteCanola fields are (IMO) essentially boring. Nothing can compare with a field of ready to strip wheat.
ReplyDeleteI like ce it. and I loves fields of wheat. But one of the crops I really enjoy is peanuts which are planted in red soil which contrasts beautifully with the green and is usually planted in contours rather than dead flat country. It's been a long time since I was last in Qld during peanut season so have no photos of it.
DeleteIt looks like a really beautiful place, especially with the yellow canola.
ReplyDeleteI really like the yellow blue combo. It works in the same way with gold n dry summer grass against blue mountains.
DeleteI love it too.
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