Rob & Liz's Blessed Adventures

Well we are wandering home slowly, so we stopped in Cowra for 2 days then onto Bathurst for a week to do a bit more sightseeing. We found some interesting sights in Cowra including the railway museum, and the POW camp. We found the railway history museum interesting because we could wander through the old carriages and look at the round house workshop. My father was a railway man years ago so it was good to remember some things from way back. Old sleepers 1st class 2nd class seating One was the toilet where you had to 'hold it' while at the station as the it goes straight onto the track! The old style 1st class and 2nd class seating and sleepers was cool to see again. A shunter diesel Round house Loved seeing the old engines and rail cars as well. The round house used for servicing trains in the shed was good to see as well. Replica guard tower Cowra was the POW camp in the 2nd world war as it was isolated and the sight of an

Hi lovelies, Today we took a drive to the lovely town of Junee. Our first stop was the Licorice and Chocolate Factory. This slightly dilapidated building held an amazing array of treasures and wonder. All areas of the factory were operating and you can see into them all and watch the process.    This mixer is called “Shelley” and she chocolate coats about 10 times as much product  as these copper drums There is a tour of the factory, which is done by DVD, but this makes it easy to see what happens with each process.   We were a little skeptical of this at the start, but it was a wonderful addition to the morning and well worth the $5 fee. The guide goes through all the processes, there is some tasting, and then a game of Licorice Skittles at the end.      You throw a rock hard ball of licorice up into the old wheat hopper and try and knock the skittles over.   There were 4 of us on the tour, and the two boys tied with 2 skittles

Time to start heading back north today from the cold south -- or so we thought. It was a tad cold here -4.8. We headed from Yass to Cootamundra stopping at Jugiong to have a snack and check out the interesting little shops. They have a memorial there for SGT Parry who was killed in a gun battle with the Hall gang of bush-rangers. On to Cootamundra. a nice little town that features wide streets, Wattle trees and a huge railway station. The railway station I found interesting. It has the a huge platform and the yards run the length of the town. We happened to be there when a train came by. It is as long or longer than the coal trains of Toowoomba. Around the back are some old rail transport for the fettlers etc. It also features a a huge old signal stand. They have an explanation of what they all mean front and back signals. Loved it!! We ventured past Don Bradman's birthplace. They have made it into a historic house and museum. There is an ova