Riverina

Day 3 - Hermit's Cave, Griffith

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 - Cootamundra, Temora and Ardlethan

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.

Day 1 - Goulburn

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.

  1. I don’t like the term, at all ↩︎