There is a little town north west of called Waterloo. My hubby is a war gamer and a big fan of the Napoleonic Wars, so had always wanted to visit Waterloo. He has seen the real thing so decided today was time to see the Aussie version.
I worked out on the map where we would be diving and looked up geocaches we would be able to gather on the way...hubby is not a keen cacher but is slowly warming to the idea.
We stopped in
Inverleigh and saw this ancient gum tree
with it's historical marker
then I went for a wander up the river
to find a cache near this amazing old river gum.
The because hubby was in charge of where we stopped for a short while we jumped to this place, Lake Goldsmith, only there was no lake!! We found the cache though!! This lake covers a huge area but is very shallow, would be amazing to see it with water.
Finally we arrived in Waterloo! There was a cache here by the old water pump, this pump supplied everyone in the town with water back in the gold rush days. In it's hey day this town had 13 hotels, several shops, a church, a school and a mechanics hall with a library. Sadly none of these buildings exist today. There was a huge mullock heap over the road left over from a mine that as there back in the 1800's but I forgot to take a photo.
Proof we were there, woops an eyes closed photo!!
Oh dear!
We had a wander around the cemetery, used in the 1800's and today
Has a lovely vies but it was very cold today.
this marker was tucked into the corner, I wonder how Ellen found life in Australia in 1850.
I am linking this post with Wandering Camera
Lots of interesting posts over there.
Ok I am off to sit on the couch, await the pizza that is coming and do some stitching.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Wonderful photos, how good that you took the 'scenic route'. The last pic is very poignant; it's hard to think that kids were just transported to another land so far away. I hope she and the others had better lives over there! Thanks for visiting! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting day! Love seeing your photos.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very interesting day.
ReplyDeleteOmg! My great great grandmother was brought to Australia as an Irish orphan. Her parents died during the fammon. Geo caches are a great way of exploring areas. Looks like Hubby was happy.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I love the side trips as much as those we had planned, and some times more. I would like to hear more about geocaches. I live in Louisiana in the southern part of USA and find these blog posts from other parts of the world so very fascinating. I look forward to future visits with you.
ReplyDeleteYou cant beat a good bit of tiki touring - it sure looks like you had an interesting day! Interesting the lake that wasn't - is that because of the drought? (Hmmm, fancy missing a turning...!!)
ReplyDeletelooks a lovely day out.... cemetery markers are interesting too.... sometimes I want to know more about the person...
ReplyDeleteHugz
Great Tiki tour and hubby did find his Waterloo lol! It must have felt so frightening for those poor young Irish lasses...some as young as 12 years old....horrific! Life was definitely very hard. I enjoyed coming along for the ride xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a marvellous old tree!
ReplyDeleteAnd what an interesting tour of your area. Thank you!
Lovely day out - lots of interesting things to see and find. xx
ReplyDeleteYour husband had fun posing beside the Napoleon sign :) But Napoleon was a very short man, you know :) Those old trees are really iompressive! Wishing a happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteNow it is my turn to travel along to new places with you. I’ve never heard of the Aussie Waterloo and the only William Lawson I’d heard of was the explorer who crossed the Blue Mountains and settled near here. I’m guessing an Irish orphan may have had a better life here than in Ireland back in those days. It’s so interesting finding out about these things.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous trees!! Loved travelling to Waterloo with you! Interesting to note that I am not the only one who wanders around cemeteries. I think I learn a bit about the people of the time from the tombstones.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for linking up on Wandering Camera!
-Soma