Gilgandra "Coo-ees" Heritage Centre

The World War 1 recruitment march that started in Gilgandra and took 5 weeks to get to Sydney. The recruits were called the "Coo-ees" because they responded to the call to come over.

The "Coo-ees" and a Surprise Solar System

June 8th 2014
Yesterday was a maintenance and blog day. Then today, before we set off for Coonabarabran, I picked a few of the black olives to use in cooking (we don’t like eating them straight). The owner of the park gave me a paper with the instructions and recipe for bottling them, after first soaking out the bitterness for ten days, so I’ll have a go. On our journey, as we entered the town of Gilgandra ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Gilgandra

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

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