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.
Our last full day in Griffith was spent catching some of the sights in Griffith itself. Predominant was Burley Griffin Community Gardens - some aspects of which were conceived or designed by Walter himself.
The canal.
Guardian of the bridge?
Little Corellas. Many more to come!
Duck race in progress. Not.
Pidgeons incoming.
A successful landing.
Some of the hundreds of Little Corellas we saw (and heard).
On day 5 we ventured south east from Griffith to have a look around Leeton and Narrandera. Many of Leeton’s main buildings are in the Art Deco style. Further along was Narrandera with its relaxed feel and our first view of the Murrumbidgee River.
Looking from the ANZAC memorial towards the Burley Griffin water towers.
A Fire Station as I remember them all looking.
Looking back towards the memorial.
Zoomed in a little.
Art Deco Hydro Hotel.
WCIC building. Both of my parents worked for this organisation (in Sydney) from the 1940s through to the mid-fifties and mid-eighties.
Another view of the Hydro Hotel.
Groovy round fence posts (and curved building).
Art Deco Roxy Theatre.
I didn't use it.
Fancy brickwork.
Another groovy house in Leeton.
Vinnies - in a 1915 building.
Day 4 saw finer weather. In the morning we attended Lifesource Church and in the afternoon visited Lake Wyangan, the Hermit’s Cave site (again) and the memorial to Donald Mackay in the main street of Griffith.
The lake has neither inflow or outflow so was quite unappealing.
I wouldn't eat anything pulled from the lake.
A view of Collina (north east Griffith) from above the Hermit's Garden.
The garden once produced significant amounts of food. Now quite neglected.
The memorial to Donald Mackay.
Day 3 was a little wet so we kept our travels local. The primary visit was to the Hermit’s Cave just outside of Griffith. It was occupied by a man named Valerio Ricetti for over 20 years from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. The entire complex extended over a kilometre.
View from the lookout above the cave complex.
The Chapel. I'm not sure if Valerio undertook some spiritual practices or disciplines here.
A closer view in the Chapel.
Part of the path. Looks like something from Picnic at Hanging Rock.
I think this was the kitchen.
The sleeping quarters.
Day 2 saw us travel from Goulburn to Griffith via Cootamundra, Temora and Barellan.
Cootamundra is famous as the birthplace of Don Bradman; Temora for Paleface Adios; and Barellan (though born in Griffith) as the childhood home of Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
Cootamundra and Temora were quite attractive places. We didn’t stop in Barellan. Lunch was in Ardlethan.
Cootamundra War Memorial in Albert Park. The lens was quite dusty.
Gazza's - a women's fashion store!
Wonder if horses are allowed in the arcade?
Very early, or quite late?
The famous pacer from the 1970s and 1980s.
Not much going on in Ardlethan that we could see.
So begins our photoblog1 of our recent holiday to the Riverina and Central West region of NSW.
Day 1 was a stopover in Goulburn on the way to Riverina. My only photos were from my phone and are of the Victoria Park Rose Garden:
Some flower colours were subtle.
Others not so subtle.
Clear white.
I don’t like the term, at all ↩︎