My friend Val and the big cork tree. I couldn't move any further back to get the whole tree in the photo.
Then we went to see the old Tenterfield Railway Station. The trains no longer run through Tenterfield since 1988. The line was moved to a new route from Sydney to Brisbane.In 1991 it was opened as a museum.
The station was opened in 1886 by the Governor of NSW and officially named "the great Northern Terminus. It was described as one of the most extensive and handsome buildings on the Northern Line.
130 years later the building still has its charm.
Each of the rooms housed artifacts and old photos. Val and I took in the exhibits. Peter was interested in the role the station had helping transport soldiers north during WW2.
130 years later the building still has its charm.
Each of the rooms housed artifacts and old photos. Val and I took in the exhibits. Peter was interested in the role the station had helping transport soldiers north during WW2.
The cream house next to the station is my ideal home. Except perhaps for the train noises.
ReplyDeleteThe tree is magnificent and that’s a beautiful old train station, and interesting finding those therein :)
ReplyDeleteWow ! what a tree ! It's huge ! The old station looks cute and for you both it was certainly a nice distraction !
ReplyDeletefavorite is the house, love it!!! LOVE that old train station, looks a lot like the one here that is now a dentist office. that tree is amazing, wow on its age...
ReplyDeleteOh, that area is amazing! And so historical!
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Donna
What beautiful countryside to explore. You are lucky. I love those two "old farts" with their arms crossed defiantly.
ReplyDeleteA stunning set of photos, that tree is amazing. Have a good day, t'other Diane
ReplyDeleteThat cork tree looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
An amazing tree. Never have seen a cork tree but have had cork floors in the past. What a nice trip.
ReplyDeleteDiane really!!!!
ReplyDeleteI thought that Bill looks very dignified.
The Cork tree looks great and I bet there are cameras on it just in case that
some looney vandal takes to it.
The Tweed River is infamous for flooding with devastation effects.
Pristine countryside - a pastoralist paradise and the cost of land up there
is sky high !
Young is the Riverina district of NSW has a similar rail station all memorabilia
of the area is there - very enlightening for the tourist.
Cheers
Colin
Good memories of that place.
ReplyDeleteMagic cork tree, glad it's still standing and doing ok.
The old station looks lovely. Glad to see it is being preserved.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely part of the country. Sugar cane is something we don't see down here. The old stations are beautiful, I visited one too this week.
ReplyDeleteI'd really love to wander around that railway museum. It shows a certain amount of foresight to think of packing a cork tree before departing for Australia. Presumably a fortune was to be made producing corks to hang on hats. :)
ReplyDeleteDiane, I enjoyed reading this post and the previous ones about your road trip to Tenterfield with your friends. It's good that you and your friend, Val, were able to do a bit more exploring than Peter and Bill who did look quite comfortable sitting in that train station. It is indeed a very handsome structure and glad it is open as a museum, one which we would have explored as well. The cork tree was nothing short of amazing and I never thought of what trees were grown to produce corks. Glad this one was not one of those!
ReplyDeleteI feel silly that I never even thought about cork being from trees. Even though when we toured a winery not too long ago, I heard that a shortage of it is why even "good" wines are using screw-on caps these days.
ReplyDeleteWow! What an amazing tree and with an interesting history.! A nice day out.
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