Day 76. Yass.

Saturday 30.4.22

Plenty of rain about from1am this morning and there's a cold wind blowing. After a cooked breakfast and a few domestic chores we're going to check out the car boot sale and the Yass markets. 

Muddy showgrounds ⬆️

 Horse stables⬇️ $15p.n.

Car boot sale was cancelled due to the rain. The market was just a fruit and veg stall on the footpath, so we wandered the streets of Yass.

Treasure trove/old relics store. Reminds us of our haberdashery back home.

Soldiers memorial hall, 1914.

Presbyterian Church.

Grotto

The whole corner was old church related buildings.  The above one would make a lovely residence. 

Peeking over the fence.

A wider view from across the road. 

Saint Augustine's.

Australian Hotel, 1891.

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Old bank now does deliveries 🤷‍♀️

Mosaic tiles outside the library. 

Some of the great mans work below.

This old Methodist Church has been converted to a residence. 

With a howling, cold wind blowing we decided to return to the van and do some washing. 

Markie multi tasking. 

On recommendation of a local we had dinner at the Club House Hotel. 

The pub had a heater going and a nice feel to it. The meals were very generous and delicious. We both waddled out.

Day 75. Yass

Friday 29.4.22

Lap of the oval this morning before we go wandering. 

Children's garden 

Margaret Whitlam pavilion. 

Hot!! Coffee with a spectacular view 

Zigzag garden track we walked down and came up the side.

Some of the garden beds on the track.

  

Creeping Thyme ⬆️Bonsai Gardens.⬇️

Nepal Janiper

Common Hawthorne, 1960

Box leaf privet, 1860.

Japanese Maple, 1983

Views heading back towards Dairy Farmers Hill.

After about 3 hours and nearly 5kms of walking at the Arboretum we moved on. Interesting map showing the zigging and zagging.

Next off we visited the Mint.

1966 Australia changed to decimal currency. There was a little jingle to go with the video below.

Proof room

Titan the robot tipping the blanks into the hopper, they then get vibrated in to a single layer on the conveyor belt and counted before going up in the bucket elevator. 

Stairs full of 5 cent coins.

Olympic bronze medal was made from old 1 and 2 cent pieces. 

The 'For Valour' coin has the name of all 100 recipients of the Victoria Cross medal on it.

By the end of our Mint tour my headache from this morning was throbbing, so we headed back to the van for some quiet time.