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| BURNING MOUNTAIN ANTIQUES |
TUESDAY 16.10.2012: Began the day at the Burning Mountain Antiques Australiana Collectables - too many beautiful items, too little space in the motorhome! Next stop the Wallabadah Rest Area Free Camp situated beside the Quirindi Creek. Excellent venue, but unfortunately it was only listed as a one night stop.
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| QUIRINDI CREEK |
Wallabadah is a 15km drive east from Quirindi. The town began to develop in the 1850s and was once bigger than Quirindi. The bushranger Thunderbolt robbed the northern mail coach there in 1867. Australia's first country racing club was established in Wallabadah in 1852. 
The First Fleet Memorial Gardens were officially opened on the 26.1.2005 by Dr Mervyn John Cross OAM a direct descendant of John Cross (Alexander) and Mary Davison (Lady Juliana). The memorial is for the descendants of those who sailed on the First Fleet. Many of the descendants now regularly use the area for family reunions. There is no other Memorial in Australia that list the names of the people who sailed on the First Fleet.
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| FIRST FLEET MEMORIAL GARDENS - WALLABADAH |
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