Back in the olden days (the 1980s), my first car didn’t come with a radio or any music-playing capability. My second car, however (purchased in 1982), did. And with the advent of a car that could accept cassette tapes came an innovation - the mixtape.
At the time I hadn’t heard of mixtapes, so when I cobbled together some of my favourite songs of the time onto cassettes, I gave them the name ‘Various’.
My total pages read for April was 555.
I finished Simon Blackburn’s Think; continued in Flannery O’Connor’s Complete Stories and will continue to do so until complete, and commenced Keith Moore’s God’s Will to Heal.
Last day of photos from our holiday. The next day (day 15) was simply travel home.
Day 14 was a trip to Mudgee in the morning, and a wander around Gulgong in the afternoon.
Day 13 was a travel day - from Forbes to Gulgong via Yeoval and Wellington. The primary stop along the way was to ‘The Dish’, aka CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Observatory.
Three photos of the dish. The last photo shows some apple trees on the site which were grafts taken from the apple tree in Isaac Newton’s yard.
Today’s offerings were all taken around the Lake Forbes area near the centre of the town. If memory serves the lake was used as Forbes’ intermittent drinking water supply but it was turned into a recreational lake and park precinct1.
The lake has a number of pedestrian and vehicular bridges crossing it so you can pick and choose what length of walk to take.
Day 11, Forbes. We began in the cemetery (as you do); spent some time walking around the very attractive city centre and Victoria Park. In the afternoon we headed out to Gum Swamp Wildlife Refuge where four bird watching hides have been built.
Again, photos with limited commentary.
Ned Kelly's sister
Clinging to the cross
Day 10 was spent travelling from Hay to Forbes via West Wyalong. We had lunch in West Wyalong then spent a bit of time wandering around a couple of streets that housed some fairly impressive church buildings - Anglican, Presbyterian and Catholic. The last couple of photos are of a house and different fence/garden along the way.
Day 9 was also spent in and around Hay. We began at the gaol which also served as a girls home during part of its history (with the cells called ‘camps’)! It has now been turned into a museum with various collections of household items from decades past. Then on to the Dunera Museum at the former railway station which tells of the internment camps around Hay during WWII. The men/boys arrived in Australia on the ship Dunera and maintained their culture and education. They formed an orchestra and also created their own currency. After lunch we wandered over to the water towers and walked across the river (and back).
Day 8 was spent in and around Hay. Our travels began in the cemetery, then on to Bishop’s Lodge House, a walk through the town, and finishing up at the Sunset Viewing Area some 15km north of the town.
Photos with no commentary.
On day 7 we travelled west from Griffith to Hay.
We went on the north side of the Murrumbidgee and had an apple and photo stop in Carathool and the Carathool Historic bridge.
In the afternoon we had a walk along the banks of the Murrumbidgee around Sandy Point.
