We've been doing some road trips while we're on holiday down here and on this day we were heading to Bright, hopefully to have lunch at a gourmet fish and chip shop in Bright and to have a swim in the river.
This is the view once we've come down Buckland Gap from Beechworth, on the way to Myrtleford.
I loved this address number on the gum tree.
Myrtleford was once known for it's Tobacco production.
In the decline of the gold rush in the area the Chinese settlers took to growing tobacco.
Post WWII Southern European migrants settled in the area and also took up growing tobacco, hops and walnuts.
The tobacco industry has almost died out in the area (quotas have been cut and overseas manufacturers have deemed the quality of the tobacco not up to their standards) but hops and walnuts are still grown.
Vineyards and wineries are very prevalent in the area now, as seems to be the fashion for the area.
As you drive through Myrtleford you can still see all the tobacco drying stacks which are now, more often than not, used as storage sheds.
In Myrtleford itself there is a little park where they have preserved a Log Tobacco Kiln so we stopped to look.
It's use now, is mainly to give the spiders a home I think.
This is the view once we've come down Buckland Gap from Beechworth, on the way to Myrtleford.
I loved this address number on the gum tree.
Myrtleford was once known for it's Tobacco production.In the decline of the gold rush in the area the Chinese settlers took to growing tobacco.
Post WWII Southern European migrants settled in the area and also took up growing tobacco, hops and walnuts.
The tobacco industry has almost died out in the area (quotas have been cut and overseas manufacturers have deemed the quality of the tobacco not up to their standards) but hops and walnuts are still grown.
Vineyards and wineries are very prevalent in the area now, as seems to be the fashion for the area.
As you drive through Myrtleford you can still see all the tobacco drying stacks which are now, more often than not, used as storage sheds.
In Myrtleford itself there is a little park where they have preserved a Log Tobacco Kiln so we stopped to look.
It's use now, is mainly to give the spiders a home I think.
2 comments:
oh myrtleford..... i miss it so much xoxo
did you say hi to my auntie trish & uncle bruce on the way through???
:o) We waved to one and all. It's changed a lot, it's a nice little tourist town now, with a lot of bakeries it seems, not to mention wineries.
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