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- | The mixed goods/ | + | The mixed goods/ |
- | We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peepill:, | + | |
- | and the carcases of two traction engines. In ,one corner stood a steam crusher battery used in the late 1800's to crush the gold-bearing ore from the mines. Glen explained how the rock was crushed, mixed with water and mercury and then sluiced over a copper plate which held the fine particles of gold for further extraction treatment. Some of the long leather belts that drove the circular saws were still intact under the tin roofed mill and at one end of the shed was the smith' | + | We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peeping |
The neighbour' | The neighbour' | ||
- | The village of Trunkey Creek consisted of a farm implement/ | ||
- | twenty at a cent each! How times have changed! | ||
- | We pitched camp on a grassy sward above the creek at Abercrombie Caves camping reserve that evening. The East Lindfield Methodist Church hosted the night' | ||
- | The road from the caves proved to be very rough with small rocks, | ||
- | water channels and high-speed car bumps slowing us down on the dirt surface. Very steep hills and dust from passing traffic didn't help. To compound our troubles Mary-Ann' | ||
- | July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 13 | ||
- | Bathurst | ||
- | BLAYNEY t/ | ||
- | L. oi.cwell | ||
- | WOLLONGONG | ||
- | Trunk- i:reek Abercrombie Caves | ||
- | YDNEY | ||
- | ftoute of trip | ||
- | GREAT DIVIDING RANGE | ||
- | Katoomba | ||
- | Penrith | ||
- | Tuena | ||
- | GOULBURN | ||
- | SKETCH MAP OF BICYCLE TRIP. | ||
- | CYCLING SOUTH ON THE ROAD FROM BLAYNEY TO GOULBURN. | + | The village of Trunkey Creek consisted of a farm implement/ |
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+ | We pitched camp on a grassy sward above the creek at Abercrombie Caves camping reserve that evening. The East Lindfield Methodist Church hosted the night' | ||
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+ | The road from the caves proved to be very rough with small rocks, water channels and high-speed car bumps slowing us down on the dirt surface. Very steep hills and dust from passing traffic didn't help. To compound our troubles Mary-Ann' | ||
The corrugated iron roof had seen better days and rust holes were appearing at the edge of the sheets. The ceilings were made of hessian bags stuck over with 1930 newspapers. Much of the furniture that remained had been broken by vandals. | The corrugated iron roof had seen better days and rust holes were appearing at the edge of the sheets. The ceilings were made of hessian bags stuck over with 1930 newspapers. Much of the furniture that remained had been broken by vandals. | ||
- | That afternoon our party rode into the small township of Tuena, which was holding its annual Gold Rush Festival. People had come from miles arouna | + | That afternoon our party rode into the small township of Tuena, which was holding its annual Gold Rush Festival. People had come from miles around |
- | in traditional red and green tartan seemed out of place in this Australian setting. | + | |
It started to rain as we pitched our tents in a grassy paddock, just off the road, with nightfall fast approaching. The evening meal was cooked in a shearing shed amongst the wool clippings and bales of straw. Stan produced his harmonica whilst Glen read us excerpts from "The Man From Snowy River" | It started to rain as we pitched our tents in a grassy paddock, just off the road, with nightfall fast approaching. The evening meal was cooked in a shearing shed amongst the wool clippings and bales of straw. Stan produced his harmonica whilst Glen read us excerpts from "The Man From Snowy River" | ||
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After lunch we did some downhill coasting on the tarred road that led to the Pejar Dam where we admired the giant spillway and man-made sluice race that had been carved out of solid rock many years before. | After lunch we did some downhill coasting on the tarred road that led to the Pejar Dam where we admired the giant spillway and man-made sluice race that had been carved out of solid rock many years before. | ||
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The next afternoon we cycled into Goulburn town, past the old-style colonial Courthouse, and then into the park for a snack. At two o' | The next afternoon we cycled into Goulburn town, past the old-style colonial Courthouse, and then into the park for a snack. At two o' | ||
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Many thanks, John. | Many thanks, John. | ||
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See you at the pictures. Bring your own Jaffas. PETER MILLER 818 1990. | See you at the pictures. Bring your own Jaffas. PETER MILLER 818 1990. | ||
- | CONGRATULATIONS to - - | + | **CONGRATULATIONS** to - -\\ |
- | Wendy and Steve Hodgman on the birth of their son Sean during April | + | Wendy and Steve Hodgman on the birth of their son Sean during April and Jenny and Steve Brown on the birth of a daughter, Stephanie in May. |
- | and Jenny and Steve Brown on the birth of a daughter, Stephanie in May. | + | |
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