Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The Tiki tour continues

Yesterday we left home and headed towards Tullamarine and then up the Hume Highway. 
We had a quick stop at a road side place and found a cache and then looked at the memorial there
Originally there were over 2500 gum trees planted along the road here to commemorate those lost in WW2

This was the picnic area and BBQ


Next stop Jerilderie, to follow the Ned Kelly trail
The Ned Kelly outside the bakery made from bread tins
From here we drove on to Narrandera and after checking in at the motel went to do an Adventure Lab at the cemetery
We found all the graves we needed to find and read some interesting facts about people and then had to find the Chinese section way over in a corner by themselves
That made me sad, but I guess that was life back in the 1800's. The Chinese were employed by local squatters to clear land and One Manager observed “…they do work white man could not be got to do…” On just one job a Chinese gang cleared 24,300 hectares of more than 3 million trees.
This tree was grown from a pine cone from the pine at Lone Pine at Gallipoli . 
And then we watched the sun go down. A very happy and pleasurable day.
More touring tomorrow as we head to Gilgandra.









8 comments:

  1. Fantastic trip and week ahead. Enjoy and travel safe

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  2. I’m enjoying your journey…
    Maria

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  3. You find some great places to visit. xx

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  4. How interesting! History is fascinating.

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  5. Love the bread tin Ned... Beautiful sunset.....

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  6. It was a good travelling day, wasn't it? And interesting, too!

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  7. The bread pan man is such a great piece of artwork!
    I agree it is sad the Chinese graves are away from the others. I can't help but think about their families so far away in their mother land and their graves in Australia.

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