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St Albans and Wisemans ferry with Mum and Dad

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Dispite our super busy work schedule, we managed to find a sunday to make a trip north to dads favouite place, St Albans via Wisemans ferry.

Visiting the old Settlers Arms pub for the 2nd time, dad was in a very happy place.

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There were some re-enactments of old convict life and an old convict camp on the Great Northern Road we walked up.

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Here are some actors playing as convicts resting between cutting out rock to build the great northern road.

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Mum and dad talking to a soldier overseeing the convicts. He knew of Chichester and called it ‘chi’ which dad couldn’t believe how he knew thats the locals name for it.

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Dad drove the Lotus with mum all the way home back to Sydney.

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St Albans Sydney in Winter

20150621_153434_Richtone(HDR)Sanna and I did a quick Sydney day trip to the old historic village of St Albans, 2 hours drive North of Sydney’s CBD. Its a very quiet tiny Aussie town/village.20150621_153733_Richtone(HDR)

Traditional old Aussie style buildings are throughout the village.20150621_153704_Richtone(HDR)

We went on a bushwalk to the Convict built ‘Old Great North Road’20150621_131526

Leg irons were worn by the Convicts as they worked to build the road.20150621_131231

I tried on the leg irons for size, they are really heavy20150621_131159

This was hangman’s rock where they used to hang the convicts through the hole from a tree.20150621_125038_Richtone(HDR)

Sanna filling out the visitors book on the trail20150621_130115

and after the bushwalk a nice hot lunch followed by rhubarb crumble and a pot of tea to share in front of the Settlers Arms open fire.

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