Cowra rose garden

I had a little stroll around the rose garden in Cowra. This was next to the visitor centre as we arrived into town.

I have seen some stunning roses on this trip, we are a little late for the best of these roses but they were still lovely to see.

 

Chinese memorial garden in Young

 These gardens are a memorial to the Chinese gold mine workers from around the area during the gold rush.  They were viciously attacked by locals and had fled to a nearby property for protection.

Even though the weather was not very good I still loved the gardens and its little paths with large rocks.

In the pond was a replica statue of a horse found in a grave in China. It was believed to be in praise of the god of thunder which was very fitting as the sky was thundering as we made our way around the gardens.

The home of Don Bradman

 Next stop was the regional town of Cootamundra. I would guess for many it is famous as the birth place of Don Bradman, said to be the best cricket batsman of all time.

A statue immortalising the don himself stands along side the captains walk. This is a walk depicting each australian cricket captian in statue. There are three Tasmanian captains among this lot.

Cootamundra

The next town we stopped in was Cootamundra. This town is on the direct rail line between Sydney and Melbourne. The town has some wonderful old buildings and lots of gorgeous old homes. The town is full of parks and a has the Muttama river running through it.

The old court house.

 The returned servicemans league.

 This craft centre had three rooms full of locally made knitted and sewn items for sale. Worth a look around. 

Next door was the heritage centre that displayed the history of the town and area. I loved the ribbons won for best sponge sandwich.

A very intricate crocheted piece of the lords prayer.

And of course a hexi quilt on the bed.

Gundagai

 Aftet leaving Albury we headed north and could not go past the town of Gundagai and the dog on the tuvkerbox.

The town of Gundagai, as the song says the track leads us back to it. A very pretty little town with wide streets and pubs with massive verandahs.

I even came across a very intetesting craft shop with wool and fabric.

Yindyamarra sculpture walk

 Just across the border into New South Wales at the twin Towns of Albury and Wadonga is a beautiful sculpture walk. It follows a path along the Murray River and next to a wetland. 

Beautiful way to finish off a day of back road adventures.