MY BLOG ABOUT -------------- Riverwood Seniors Tour Club

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St Vincent’s is a world-class public hospital offering best-in-class services, facilities, and expertise, along with educational opportunities.

We have an international reputation for innovation and are regarded as a centre of excellence for clinical care, research, teaching and medical leadership.

However, conversely, we are also a very community-focused organisation, being an established and essential part of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs neighbourhood. In fact, in 2007 we celebrated our Sesquicentenary (150 years).

St Vincent’s Hospital was founded on the principles of compassion, care and respect for all people – and these ethical tenets are still the driving force behind our philosophy and methodology.

2009-03-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

Pispaj...
Let this be a new word in English language, pispaj is speciality from the ancient Croatian cuisine. It's everyone's favourite treat.
Just the bread dough shaped in rounds and fried, sprinkle with sugar or enjoy plain instead of bread.

Happy cooking........from your friendly blogger.......

2009-03-21T17:07:00.000-07:00

This is just to say Hello to all my blog followers. We are going to miss the big 6 day tour due to the unforeseen circumstances.
Looking forward to our next tour to see more places and have a lots of fun sharing them with you all.
So much for now, have a great fun surging the Google Ads, you just may be surprised how many good things our Google provide to us all.

Take care and have a lots of fun.......

2009-03-13T23:45:00.000-07:00

Perfect Day, Perfect Trip, Perfect Lunch at St.Marys District Band Club!

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This photo was taken on 12th of March 09 at the Buffet Palace Restaurant St.Marys District Band club NSW- with some members of Riverwood Seniors tour club.

Senior first on the right is 92 years old, what a good looking !!
Standing is Mrs. Marie Kirby Organiser of the Tour Club on the left and myself on the right.

2009-03-13T20:46:00.000-07:00

These geese are friends of family at the Lodge

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Australia’s Largest Maker of Heirloom Rocking Horses

Rocking Horse Lodge offers old fashion country pleasures in the picturesque Hawkesbury, near historic Windsor.

This place is for lovers of antiques & Childhood Memories.

Rocking Horse Lodge is a country retreat set on 10 acres, with the peace and serenity, clean fresh country air and hospitality, located 52 Km from Sydney.

Chris Woolcock's rare rocking horses at McGraths Hill

CHRIS Woolcock of McGraths Hill is the only known person in Australia whose full-time occupation is making and restoring rocking horses.

And each of his products is unique. No two horses are alike.

Working 12 hours a day, Mr Woolcock designs, cuts, and carves every day and produces 200 horses a year at Rocking Horse Lodge, 143 Pitt Town Road.

He cuts and carves the head of each horse and then screws four legs onto a base.

From there Mr Woolcock carves the detail into each horse's head and shapes the legs.

The horses are then given to his partner, Viktoria Darabi, to paint and install the miniature saddle, which is crafted by a saddler.

The couple have also restored rocking horses that are more than 100 years old.

Ms Darabi says there has been a renaissance in rocking horses ``because they reflect happier, innocent simple times''. The name of the business is appropriately Renaissance Rocking Horses.

Visitors are welcome to tour the house and inspect the collection of antique prams and porcelain dolls.

And you'll also be able to tour the organic vegetable garden and see the sheep, turkeys and chickens.

``A lot of people want to make rocking horses, but it's a daunting task to start from scratch,'' Mr Woolcock said.

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Located on a southern Sydney peninsular Cronulla Beach is surrounded by water with its southern boundary adjoining the Royal National Park, Australia's first National Park.
Cronulla is just a short drive or train journey from the Sydney CBD and all the attractions of this big Australian city. The Cronulla Beach YHA is a 5 minute walk to the train station.
Featuring a village atmosphere Cronulla has all the conveniences of the city. The main shopping area is teeming with outdoor cafes and restaurants and the supermarket is only a two minute walk away.

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The Toll House was built in 1867 when the railway was extended from Picton to Mittagong. The railway line crossed the road near this point. Besides being the gatekeeper for the railway the gatekeeper also held the position of toll collector. Travellers on the road had to pay a toll up until the 1870s.

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Railway Viaduct - Picton

Can be seen from Webster Street or Picton Avenue

Was built by a contractor named Ambrose Crawshaw and work commenced in 1862. The viaduct has five 12.2 metre arches and is 84.1 metres long. Its highest point is 23.8 metres above the creek bed. Construction took several years and it is now the oldest existing stone archway over water in NSW still in use.

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This picture is showing transportations from the first 1/2 of 20st. century.

New storage facility
Ninety five percent of the Powerhouse Museum's collection is maintained in storage at any one time. Sixty percent of this was due to be moved in late 2004 to a new three hectare site in the northwestern Sydney suburb of Castle Hill. Built at a cost of AUD $12 million, this facility consists of seven huge sheds, including one the size of an aircraft hangar, within which are to be housed such recently-rediscovered artefacts as a section of the mast of HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, and the spare wheel from Bluebird, the car Donald Campbell drove to break the world land speed record on Lake Eyre in the 1960s. The Powerhouse at Castle Hill was open to the general public in 2006.