Taradale day trip
Lisa’s parents came over for lunch on Sunday and during the course of the afternoon discussion turned to an old cottage that used to be in the family in nearby Taradale. After a brief discussion we decided that we’d spend yesterday over there.
After a pub lunch in Castlemaine we kicked off at the cemetery. Lisa and her parents spent some time cleaning up one of the family graves, and The Kid and I wandered around with our cameras.
We then moved on to the Taradale railway bridge. It’s a very impressive 1800′s structure; lots of wrought iron and bluestone.
Next stop was the cottage we initially went to see, and we finally wandered up to Talbot Cottage, another house that used to be in the family. We spoke to the current owner (it’s for sale right now) about what he knew of the history, and found a bunch of interesting stuff.
It turns out that the current owner had a copy of the original title to Talbot Cottage, complete with flourished handwriting detailing all the Talbot owners going back to 1825. He sent it into the titles office when they computerised everything, expecting they’d scan it and send it back, but it never came back to him. I think I’ll go in there next time I’m in the CBD and see whether I can get a copy of it.
As expected there’s some shots up on flickr. I’ve also got a few more shots of the kids up on SmugMug.
love the photo of the bridge
That is very interesting. I like the photos too.