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Blogs from Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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February 6th 2012
Monday 6th Feb Short drive to Tenterfield today after crossing the border from Qld, just a short drive out of Tenterfield - had a few short showers of rain but nothing heavy which we were thankful of as the road was quite windy but beautiful rain forest. Checked into a lovely small old caravan park (Tenterfield Lodge and CP) which has new owners and the park is looking great - the office is in the old house which was built in 1875 as a pub and is now accomodation for backpackers. Visited the Old Cork Tree - the seed was bought out from England and planted in 1861 - believed to be Australia's largest cork tree. Teneterfield is a lovely old town with beautiful gardens everywhere - I suppose the high rain fall helps everything to ... read more
February 3rd 2010
Hello :) It has occurred to me that I haven't written on here for quite some time... but all is well! I'm stuck in a small creepy town called Tenterfield on the north border of NSW and can't get on the internet unless I get a chance to hit the library... which isn't often with me working every day. So I'm picking red peppers or 'capsicums' on an hourly rate every single day... this is my first day off after 15! It's the hardest thing I've ever done because I'm bending down all day in like 38 degrees but I'm doing pretty well. After 3 more weeks I should have enough money to do everything I want to do up the east coast in the last 2 months here. Farm life is fun though, and the ... read more
January 28th 2008
Beautiful hot sunny day with not a cloud in the sky although rather chilly overnight. Went for a drive to Wallangarra and Jennings which are on the Queensland New South Wales border. Are divided by the railway station which has been restored and operates as a museum but not on Mondays. Later explored the golf course and town and then Paul went back to the golf course for a game later in the day.... read more
January 27th 2008
About 160Km trip today with a stop for a cuppa in Glen Innes. Alternating warm and sunny and cool and overcast with some thunder. Went out to see Captain Thunderbolt’s hideout in the hills. He was a famous bushranger. Looked around town at some wonderfully restored old buildings.... read more
November 27th 2006
The drive to Tenterfield proved uneventful, though the only dorm accommodation in the town was closed because of a problem with the toilets so I ended up in a cabin with exclusive use of all 5 beds. The teddy bear on the pillow gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling. Tenterfield played a role in Australian history, being the place where the idea of federating the Australian states was famously advocated by the then-Prime Minister of New South Wales in 1889. It was to be another 12 years before this actually came to fruition with the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia (which may sound confusing to British ears more accustomed to "commonwealth" only being used in the context of the British Empire). However that wasn't why I was in Tenterfield. That night, a real humdinger of ... read more
