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    All around Cowra I noticed a lot of eucalyptus trees with burled trunks. From the distance the bark looked tight, but on close up inspection and photo, it is quite rough to first branches. No flowers or nuts that I could see, and as the sun was straight up when I took this photo, couldn't really take a decent photo of upper areas anyway. These were big trees, so a silent attack during the late hours was out of the question , it would take a big chainsaw and quite a few hours.

    Coolibah?? Not sure of they grow down this way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dai sensei View Post
    Sounds like I might have a few options for the trailer
    You might want to think about raising the coupling on the towbar as well, otherwise the trailer won't be sitting level.
    Enjoy your trip
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    Quote Originally Posted by dai sensei View Post
    .....Now at Young after spending a while at the info centre and the fudge shop . Might have to miss dinner to make up for pigging out
    Just consider going for a walk. Yes that's correct I said walk.

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    The Japanese gardens are very nice there. We had a fantastic guide that gave us the history.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christos View Post
    Just consider going for a walk. Yes that's correct I said walk.
    My knees limit how far I can walk, and it is not far

    Quote Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore View Post
    You might want to think about raising the coupling on the towbar as well, otherwise the trailer won't be sitting level.
    Enjoy your trip
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    The trailer is already running smidgen low at rear when fully loaded, so the few inches I'll gain should level it out, but it means it will ride a bit high when not loaded but that's Ok with me.

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    The Japanese gardens are very nice there. We had a fantastic guide that gave us the history.
    Yep, I stayed there for quite a while, needed the rest walking around the trails up and down, lucky there were plenty of seats. Today I went to the Chinese Gardens at Young, these were free and to me almost as good.

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    Well I am now at Hall an outer suburb now of Canberra. Met with GMoss at Hall Mens Shed this afternoon, but going back again tomorrow so have stayed at roadside stop.
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    Well I am now at Hall an outer suburb now of Canberra. Met with GMoss at Hall Mens Shed this afternoon, but going back again tomorrow so have stayed at roadside stop
    The one across the road virtually? Stay there when I visit my daughter.

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    Susan and I had our first date at a fancy little restaurant in Hall. A few years ago now
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    Quote Originally Posted by View Post
    The one across the road virtually? Stay there when I visit my daughter.
    Across from the road yes, the one with a brick BBQ, is that the one you are talking about?
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    I spent the morning with GRoss (Graham) at the Hall Mens Shed. It is located amongst the old primary school complex.

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    The school was closed down so the local community has worked hard to turn the classrooms into a museum for the local region
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    Coolabah grows near water or on river flats.

    Burke (of Burke and Wills infamy) died under one on Cooper Ck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dai sensei View Post
    Across from the road yes, the one with a brick BBQ, is that the one you are talking about?
    Yep.

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    Glad you for those pics on. I was there back at the Canberra show and was meant to get some pics up but life happened and have only just got back to posting with the Melbourne show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dai sensei View Post
    I spent the morning with GRoss (Graham) at the Hall Mens Shed. It is located amongst the old primary school complex.

    The school was closed down so the local community has worked hard to turn the classrooms into a museum for the local region
    I love small town museums; sometimes I drive my family nuts because when we're travelling and we make a stop if there's a museum I'll skull-drag them into it with me! I love the way that the little ones tend to have no real division or seperation of artifacts; they tend to be collections of "stuff"! And the staff are often volunteers who love nothing better than to expound upon the proud history of the region.

    The Chinchilla museum near where I work is a beaut example; there's a large collection of early agricultural vehicles many of which they are trying to keep in running order, cars, a room half filled with "stuff" and the other the story of the Prickly Pear Plague, half a railway station, a jail, a church and a schoolhouse; all of which have been lifted off their stumps from wherever and relocated.

    The schoolroom still has cupboards full of readers etc from the 60's, 70's and 80's jammed into cupboards for storage when they were replaced by newer books, and I even found boxes of brand new never used slate pencils! The curator at the time was happy to let me have a bit of a rummage around, trusting me to treat everything with care and respect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chief Tiff View Post
    I love small town museums; sometimes I drive my family nuts because when we're travelling and we make a stop if there's a museum I'll skull-drag them into it with me! I love the way that the little ones tend to have no real division or seperation of artifacts; they tend to be collections of "stuff"! And the staff are often volunteers who love nothing better than to expound upon the proud history of the region.
    The Hall Museum is exactly as you describe. dai sensei did a great job creating panoramic views from his phone camera.

    There is in fact 5 museums at the old Primary School:

    the original one teacher School House which has been reformed to represent the time when it was first opened in 1911 with original desks, furniture, books, slates and stories of the children who attended;

    a creation of the main street of Hall as it was in 1913 (for the centenary of Canberra) with original artifacts from the various stores operating at the time;

    Memory Lane, a collection of memorabilia of times past which would have found in many homes of the time, and a recreation of the original picture theatre in Hall and the local church;

    An exhibition of the 16 one teacher schools which existed within the boundaries of the ACT when it was proclaimed in 1913;

    The exhibition of old tools and trades including woodworking tools, sheep shearing equipment (including a 150 year old fleecing table), bush tools and garage equipment.

    For any Canberraites, the Museum will be open on Saturday 26 October and Sunday 27 October. On Saturday there will be a display of Vintage and Historic vehicles and on Sunday, the Village of Hall has been designated as the site for the official opening of the Centenary Trail by the Chief Minister.

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    Well today I spent with Corbs (Andrew) for a BBQ casting/turning day . I got to try out my oven last night to make some chocolate and chocolate/banana muffins, but as others were too late for morning tea, we got to polish them off

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    More photos of event etc are here: https://www.woodworkforums.com/f69/le...8/#post1708824

    Decided to stay another day in Canberra, need to do some washing
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