Country road

After the ANZAC Day March, after the Gallery had closed on Wednesday we went for a drive along the Anabranch Road.  'Anabranch Road' is a little misleading because you see very little of the Anabranch.  The road is the mail route so it passes the back of the pastoral properties which have their fronts on the Anabranch.  About halfway between the old Renmark Road and the Silver City Highway is this turnoff to the Anabranch Hall.  This hall used to be the meeting and entertainment centre for the pastoral families.  I think the annual picnic is still held.

I love these shelters.  They remind me of emus.  Steve thinks they are used to shade cars but I like to imagine rows of tables with red gingham table cloths and families watching the tennis.  I rather like the idea of using an emu for shade in the bush - a Marg Whyte sort of a picture.

A pomegranate conveniently situated at the front door.

And a very well appointed loo.

Historic ANZAC Day

I like to observe ANZAC Day.  It reminds me not to get caught up in the mood of the times, to think twice before obeying orders, to marvel at our capacity to act courageously, and that today's theatres of war are tomorrow's tourist hotspots.  This year Aboriginal soldiers were represented in the Wentworth march for the first time.

Here's my friend Raels standing up and being counted.

Dumb Bunny

Remember that I got a camera for my birthday?  Well, I forgot to take it with me at Easter...  However, there are ways and means.  We stayed at Stoneleigh Cottages in Angaston, South Australia.  This is a photo of them taken after a few Jantzs...

And here's our gathering place after a cuppla Js.

(These photos are, truth be known, purloined from a website - see later.)

Bron is always a little more focussed than I.  Here I am taking in some culture with Heths and CK Beagle at the wonderful sculpture park near Angaston and overlooking the Eden Valley.

In the back streets of Angaston, Bron captured a little of Givenchy.  If we hadn't had to peer through a hole in a locked gate to see this, we could have stood on that bridge - though I don't recall Monet ever having anyone standing on his bridge.
If you like the look of Angaston, you can buy Stoneleigh Cottages here.  We'd be ever so grateful.