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| INTERNET PHOTO |
TUES 21 - WED 22.03.2017: First port of call for the day is Warragamba Dam. Warragamba Dam, a concrete gravity dam, creates Lake Burragorang, the primary reservoir for water supply for Sydney. Yep, the internet photo is as close as we were to the dam. Reached the gates and the dreaded sign appears before you "NO DOGS ALLOWED - FINES APPLY"!
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| WALLACIA HOTEL |
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| ORIGINAL SCHOOL HOUSE |
We drove through the park, did the U-turn in the car park and headed for the Wallacia Hotel - Wallacia (population 1700), was established in 1906 as a rural village. Unfortunately the hotel interior has been modernised and does not have the ambience of the exterior. Onward to the Peel family stomping ground. Don Peel's (Carole's father), final posting was as Principal of Mulgoa Public School. As with any country school there is a quota required for keeping the school open. Don was one student short so he delayed a student's progress due to her academic results and the school remained in operation. Had he not been made that decision the school would not be here today. A library at the school was named in his honour.
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| FAMILY HOME WHICH IS NOW THE OFFICE |
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RICHMOND CLUB - THE PHENOMENON
ABOVE THE CLUB IS CALLED "BLUE SKY" |
Next stop is Richmond - the Richmond Club has organised for motorhomes and caravans to set up in an area opposite the club. Each van must become a member of the club which is a $10 fee. That $10 allows you to stay for 4 nights, have access to showers and toilets, a dump point and garbage disposal and of course all club facilities. If you require electricity and water it is an extra $10 per night. Carole had expected to encounter a tiny country club where we would just pull up out the back - had to keep walking back just to fit it in the camera frame! Had the $12.50 Seniors all you can eat buffet luncheon, then spent a relaxing afternoon making the usual club donation. The sun lasted nearly all of O-N-E day, but fortunately we missed the severe conditions that hit Sydney!!!!!!!!!!
Next stop is Richmond - the Richmond Club has organised for motorhomes and caravans to set up in an area opposite the club. Each van must become a member of the club which is a $10 fee. That $10 allows you to stay for 4 nights, have access to showers and toilets, a dump point and garbage disposal and of course all club facilities. If you require electricity and water it is an extra $10 per night. Carole had expected to encounter a tiny country club where we would just pull up out the back - had to keep walking back just to fit it in the camera frame! Had the $12.50 Seniors all you can eat buffet luncheon, then spent a relaxing afternoon making the usual club donation. The sun lasted nearly all of O-N-E day, but fortunately we missed the severe conditions that hit Sydney!!!!!!!!!!
