Day 24
This is our last day!! Again a warm sunny morning. Our first stop today was the Jinderra Pioneer Museum. This is housed
in what was originally the General Store and contained an incredible variety of
historic items. Outside were a number of other buildings including a slab hut
and a collection of farm equipment.
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| Not sure what Mike was on this morning, perhaps he is planning on flying home although I don't remember him buying a broom in Tumut |
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| Outside Jindera Museum |
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| Control room of Andrew's 12/50 |
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| General store/ Museum has a huge collection of cans, bottles and much much more |
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| Stained glass windows in the attic |
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| Unusual articulated tractor, looks a bit of a handful to me |
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| Steam traction engine still has its gauges and could be restored. |
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| Very elegant Silver Crest (newly purchased by Chris) outside the museum |
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| Doug's Jag outside the museum |
From Jinderra we travelled to All Saints Winery in Corowa
for lunch. Lunch was excellent however Dale caused a stir when he decided it
was one meal to many and spent the time wandering around the estate gardens then taking a snooze under a shady tree. A number
of members were concerned but all was well.
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| All Saints Winery Entrance Garden |
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| Chinese Dormitories at All Saints Winery. Many of the building are heritage listed |
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| Part of the original cellars, the wineries is one of the oldest in Australia |
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| Don and Jill enjoy the gardens |
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| What can I say - how lovely! |
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| Fantails in the garden (just for you Lyn) |
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| Engine room of Rough Red. |
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| Alvi line up at All Saints. |
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| Firebird rests in the shade of the gums. |
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| A very tranquil setting |
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| Tip Turkeys at work aerating the lawn (just for you Lyn) |
After lunch we visited Max’s Motor Museum in Corowa. The
highlight of this visit, apart from the wide variety of cars on display, was
the ritual starting of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine. It doesn’t matter how
many times you see one of these magnificent monsters up close, the noise and
smoke is always spectacular.
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| Max's Motor Museum, Corowa |
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| 28L V12 Rolls Royce Merlin at startup, the noise was impressive |
From Max’s the route took us via Rutherglen, Chiltern and Barnawatha to Albury and tonight’s final dinner. Tonight we say a final good-bye as most are planning on leaving early for the long trip home. As we are in a modern this is not a problem. It has been such a wonderful tour and rally. We have seen and done so much. Many thanks to all involved.
