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| The beautiful Towamba River valley - from
the escarpment to the sea - captures
the
heart of the tourist. |
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| Cattle graze peacefully. Towamba bridge in
background. |
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| A VALLEY FULL OF HISTORY |
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| Jim Beasley's team |
History abounds in this valley.
You can imagine dust rising in clouds
above
the bullock and horse teams as they
hauled
full wagons up the mountain.Perhaps
you don't
have to imagine the flowery language
of the
driver as he urged his team, with whip
and
words along the narrow, rough road
bringing
supplies from the coastal steamers
to the
small isolated settlements of the hinterland.
And you wondered why the sky was so
blue
over the
beautiful Towamba valley? |
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The historic Towamba General Store and hall.
The store is now a private residence.
The
hall was built in
1893 by Mr. Hite.
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| Original Towamba Hall. Built in 1893 |
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| ST.PAULS COMMUNITY CHURCH |
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| The recently restored St.Pauls Community
Church with its gardens is an ideal
location
for those quiet, intimate weddings.
The new
hall at the Towamba sports ground has
all
the facilities required to hold a reception.
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St.Pauls Community Church 1888.
Heritage listed. |
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Memorial Rose Garden |
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| TOWAMBA SPORTS GROUND, HALL AND PICNIC AREA |
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| This wonderfully warm mudbrick and timber
building was built by the community
for the
community. |
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| Sports ground bar, picnic and barbecue area |
Towamba's mud brick hall |
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| Enough water to have safe fun. |
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Long shadows, rolling hills, the Towamba
River and Mount Jingera
paint a picture of late winter in the
Towamba
valley. |
Jingera Mountain on fire. Jan 2009 |
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Mists over Mount Jingera's foothills.
Towamba bridge and general store in foreground. |
Towamba River in flood |
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| Autumn tones |
Butterflies |
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| The scenic Towamba road (Tourist Drive 10). |
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| Regimented low life |
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| Friends drop in. |
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| Towamba Bridge |
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Pollen being released into the air from the
pine plantations
in early spring |
Black Cockatoos fly in for a blossom stop |
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| The Towamba River as the sun sets in the
west. |
When Nature waved her magic wand
and adorned the earth with life,
when she gave us trees
mountains and seas,
she remembered this corner of ours. |
