Once we were settled in we went for a bit of a walk up the street.
It was a lovely evening, so we enjoyed our dinner out on the pub verandah. We felt it was rather hot during the night, and were somewhat surprised that the minimum temperature was only down to 21C!! We are not used to anything over 10C at this stage of the season, especially as Taralga is traditionally cooler than home.
The following morning we got away nice and early to deliver Monique for her service.
While there we were able to see the nice collection of vintage machines.
Centre stage was the rare East German machine we gave him. It is the black one to the left of the green Elna Supermatic.
We now had time to kill, so went in search of a cafe to partake of “second breakfast”. We were rather pleased with the one we found. It just happened that we parked the car right in front of a patchwork shop….. and I didn’t go in. Very strong of me.
With Mick being a bit of a cricket tragic, we decided to go and have a look at the Don Bradman Cricket Museum, housed beside the Bradman Oval.
Don grew up in Bowral and played his early games with the local club on these grounds.
They even have his first cricket bat on display.
Another section talked about the evolution of cricket from a game played by shepherds in the 1300s by throwing a rock into a hole to what we now know. This is a bat from the 1700s. Just a tad different from the modern version.
It was also interesting to learn that bowling over armed was developed by ladies, as they couldn’t bowl underarm, as they were hindered by their hooped skirts.
The museum also covered more recent developments in the game, in particular Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket of the 1970s.
They had a large display of magazine ads from the time. They were fun to have a look at.
Finally, there was a portrait gallery of more recent cricketers.
Outside, Mick posed with the statue of “The Don”.
So much detail.
It was about then that we heard that Monique was ready to collect and take home. We just had a quick bite to eat in Goulburn for a late lunch and drove straight home via Oberon. Yes, the road was rough.
It worked out that we had a very enjoyable couple of days away.
10 comments:
That is interesting to know that a ladies were the first to do overarm bowling.
Hope Monique is going well now.
Such an enjoyable read of what went with the fixing of Monique & the vintage machine collection looks fab. I've loved both these posts and will ring soon. Take care & hugs.
An enjoyable and interesting break, even if the outcome was less than par.
You certainly had an enjoyable time! Love the pics of the old buildings.....and all those machines, oh my......
I'm intrigued, what on earth is a drop bear, looks rather scary to me. I know Australia has some very unique wildlife, but..........
Lovely place for you to stay Janice, so many nice old buildings. Great collection of old machines and good to hear Monique was fixed up for you.
and very enjoyable post...lovely scenes and vistas...thanks for showing!
A lovely area in and around the Southern Highlands. Did you see
the Mary Poppins statue? Now the question is how is Monique....behaving herself I hope.
Good reason for a road trip. We visited that museum some time ago - spent hours there and had a nice coffee and cake too
Hugz
Lovely travelogue! Interesting about the history of cricket. Glad you got to say "Hi" to my distantly related uncle! What a collection of machines.
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