Happy Easter to you

One of our favourite jokes about Canberra is that we love it 'cos it's so easy to get out of. So true! Only took us 50 mins to get to Gunning to check out the market. A strange town with groovy old shop fronts and Max Cullen wandering around when not attending to his bookshop/gallery based in an old cinema. I couldn't resist a small purchase of a wooden ruler - beautiful object. When you hold it and smell it you can tell it's been a serious work instrument for decades. And I loved the community herb gardens.

Came home via a couple of wineries - more about that later.

 

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Walking at Orroral tracking station

Had an outing to Namadji National Park to check out the Granite Tor walk at the old Orroral tracking station. About 50 minute drive from Canberra - lovely scenery and a moderately challenging walk. The track was steep in parts - a bit slippery on the gravel when coming down the hill. Excellent spot to see kangaroos, lizards and we also spotted a scarlet robin.

 

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Easter break begins

 

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Beechworth to Canberra

A beautiful drive to Beechworth - lovely countryside via Miliwa, where we tasted some lovely cheese and wine.

Then, once in town and accomodation sorted, it was off to the local brewery for a cleansing beer. They also had bikes for loan - pity we weren't in town long enough to take advantage. We plan to visit the town again with our own bikes to try out the rail trail .

The historic cemetary is intriguing. Despite the fact that there were terrible riots on the gold fields nearby in Buckland, the Chinese cemetery was part of the Christian cemetery in Beechworth - how can that be? More investigation is required.

And so sad is the strangers section - people have been buried with no one knowing them, no one paying for a headstone or any other indication of who is below.

 

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