Our "Hopewood Children Family" still call ourselves children even though we are all over sixty and are now having a bus trip every two years, this year was to Griffith places of interest and surrounding districts, Hillston, Lake Cargelligo, Temora and Cootamundra. It was a great trip, cold but not too cold, there were seventeen of us, of course the girls love to catch up with chit chat and the boys are not too bad at it either, but we all had lots of laughs. It was nice to go out to the country and see it all after the floods, it was looking really good, there was a small area still in flood but everywhere else looked green. We loved the architecture of some of the towns which were beautiful, they manage to keep their history better than the cities. Michael managed to hire the local Community Bus from Bowral which is where we started out trip. Four of us girls managed to get to Bowral by bus and train and stay overnight at one of our brothers place for the night, thankyou Peter.
GRIFFITH
Griffith Art Gallery, below are small squares of quilting on display
I just love Silos, as children we were allowed to play in them on the farm at Bowral where I spent my first six years of life, they were full of corn.
One of the many historic buildings in the country.
We went to a Museum in Griffith, it was the best little village re-enactment that I have seen over the years. Here are some of the pictures I took.
Some of us taking a ride on the little car like the Wiggles. Below the Italian section, very interesting.
Ah! Memories.
Oh! What memories the "Outdoor Dunny"
Old school satchels.
The goal
My sisters and Me.
One of the views of Griffith
An old water well on our way to the Lake.
One of the beautiful homes across the road from the Lake.
Below are photos on our way home to Bowral, I think near Goulburn
The House on the Hill.
I hope you have enjoyed my photos as I did with my trip.
Bye for now
Dizee!!
Hi there Dizee, I would love to talk to you about Hopewood, if you or other Hopewoods would like to. Please get in touch with me at naomi.parry@acu.edu.au
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Hi Dizee, I'm interested in talking to you about life as a Hopewood Child. It seems you have a wonderful affiliation. I would love to write about your experiences. Please contact me at rletourneau@seven.com.au or 0438 777 143.
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