It was a road of loose blue stones. The truck was bearing down on us. There was nowhere to get off. As we got quicker so did the truck. The truck's bull bar filled the back window. The corners seemed sharper than they probably were. It felt as if we we on the verge of losing control.
It seemed a long time until we started going up a hill and finally the truck backed off. Relief. We managed to find a place to pullover and relax, letting the truck go past.
We were on holidays and on our way to Wombeyan caves, NSW. It was 1988, the year I met my husband. It was also the first time that I visited Canberra and Sydney.
The drive to Wombeyan caves made more of an impression than the caves themselves, which unfortunately I don't remember. The battery in my camera must have been flat as there are no photos of the cave. Or maybe because I was using a film camera back then, I didn't want to waste film? Or maybe any photos were out of focus and did not make it to the album?
However I did find this souvenir of our visit in December 1988;
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Jenolan caves 1988 |
Jenolan caves 1988 |
Buchan caves 1988 |
How do you remember the difference between stalagmites and stalactites?
My mother told me; "mites run up your tights, which you can pull down"
(ie stalagmites go up and stalactites go down)
For regular readers, you may notice that this is the first Sepia Saturday where I have gone away from old photos. Jill at Geniaus recently made a good point - sharing some stories about ourselves was creating "Future Family History" records.
However, I do have a photo taken by my grandmother, which immediately came to mind. I am not sure where "The Caves" are. The closest "caves" that I could locate are at Naracoorte, which is nearly 150kms away. This would be nothing today but in 1929 it would have taken most of the day to get there. A long way (too far?) to go for a day out. There is nothing else to identify where the photo was taken.
Pilgrim Family "Ready for Home - At the Caves - April 1929" |
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