Mum and I had 4 lovely nights at Cudgewa (near Corryong) with Bubby and Greig - I drove up on Friday with plenty of stops on the way, checking out the Bakery at Yea, a road side stop for lunch and arvo tea at Talangatta. We pottered about the farm, helping where we were able and just enjoying the beautiful weather, scenery and hospitality. I bottle fed two calves and had my first droving experience!! I even drove the ute down to the creek to look for platypus - no luck yet I'm afraid. On Monday Greig took us all to the Bluff - a great place for photos of the waterfall.
The photos of country style gardening at 'Ryburgh' are good too... I haven't seen a front end loader used to fill plant tubs before! Rain on and off didn't spoil our big drive home on Tuesday - we lunched at Benalla and followed the Midlands Highway from there.
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Cowra
9th September
We visited the beautiful, tranquil Japanese War Cemetery before going to the site of the Cowra Breakout at the POW Camp. The written and audio information is very informative, here and at the town Info Centre. Later, at the Japanese Gardens which are set on a hill sloping up to very rocky ridges, I took many photos of the fabulous garden, water falls, running creeks and little tea houses. The shop and cafe were fantastic too!
Thursday 10th September
Driving south from Cowra we were struck by the flurescent yellow swathes and stripes of canola contrasting with the rich green of other crops and the soft, muted blues of distant ranges. A truly beautiful country we have! From Young I drove to Wagga Wagga where we viewed 3 great exhibitions - textiles, printmaking and glass. Irene drove again from Wagga Wagga to Rutherglen where we stayed for a couple of days, lapping up the comfort of a deluxe cabin, glorious weather, a terrific shopping experience and the lovely old town. From our deck at sunset we heard pobblebonks and other frog calls and the bird list continued - currawongs, ducks, plovers, parrots, galahs and swallows. At lunch time there were: a blue faced honeyeater, red rumped parrot, baby magpie, ducks, pee wees and currajongs.
Our drive home to Melbourne took us through Alexandra to Marysville for lunch. The town was busy with weekend visitors and the landscape was yet another contrast to all that we had seen in our grand adventure.
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Cowra
9th September
We visited the beautiful, tranquil Japanese War Cemetery before going to the site of the Cowra Breakout at the POW Camp. The written and audio information is very informative, here and at the town Info Centre. Later, at the Japanese Gardens which are set on a hill sloping up to very rocky ridges, I took many photos of the fabulous garden, water falls, running creeks and little tea houses. The shop and cafe were fantastic too!
Thursday 10th September
Driving south from Cowra we were struck by the flurescent yellow swathes and stripes of canola contrasting with the rich green of other crops and the soft, muted blues of distant ranges. A truly beautiful country we have! From Young I drove to Wagga Wagga where we viewed 3 great exhibitions - textiles, printmaking and glass. Irene drove again from Wagga Wagga to Rutherglen where we stayed for a couple of days, lapping up the comfort of a deluxe cabin, glorious weather, a terrific shopping experience and the lovely old town. From our deck at sunset we heard pobblebonks and other frog calls and the bird list continued - currawongs, ducks, plovers, parrots, galahs and swallows. At lunch time there were: a blue faced honeyeater, red rumped parrot, baby magpie, ducks, pee wees and currajongs.
Our drive home to Melbourne took us through Alexandra to Marysville for lunch. The town was busy with weekend visitors and the landscape was yet another contrast to all that we had seen in our grand adventure.
