Dyeing

On our way to Nundle

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June 18th 2010
We've been enjoying travelling through New England on the New England highway. After Warwick we drove a few miles off the highway on a parallel side road - the farmgate trail. Here there were wineries and orchards, and, in summer, strawberry fields. We called into one farm and bought a box of apples. This area is called the Granite Belt - the hills are rugged and rocky and the land is undulating - ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » New England

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more