Same Old Story

Quandary.

Same old story. All the best bottles are broken. On a ride around the bent triangle of Quandary Road, Old Wagga Road and Canty's lane James and I found a few odd thrown botles. Just North of Canty's Lane the Old Wagga Road had a couple of old tips with very nice shards, but no whole bottles.

Garvans Lane (15 March 2009)

Garvans Lane (15 March 2009)
In the paddock East of Garvan's Lane just North of the Old Temora Road I spotted two very nice bottles lying on the surface and some shards in the earth. Worth getting permission and probing for a tip.





















Upon digging I found the remains of many nice bottles, all broken. Apart from the two on the surface (Dinneford's and a probable Empire bottle) the only other bottle retrieved undamaged was a very plain amethyst bottle.


DINNEFORD"S MAGNESIA (very good condition)

A very plain amethyst bottle with 116 or 11b in a triangle on the base.


An unmarked ink bottle with the neck broken (Mick tells me some ink bottles were manufactured sealed and had to be broken to open them)
A triangular shaped bottle unmarked and chipped in several places that may be an Empire bottle as shards of a similar shape and colour were clearly marked EMPIRE Co.

Arthur's 70th Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UicAYwCM3e0



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEfGeT2fYQ

Camps Lane Revisited

Steel, tins and shards indicate two small tips, possibly only surface tips about 350 and 650 m from the Burley Griffin Corner on the Northern side at the West end of Camps Lane. Very small tips, the Eastern one yielded a small Brylcream bottle.

Just west of the Easternmost corner on Camps lane I left a bottle neck at the base of a tree to indicate a possible tip that has a very few shards but yielded a Parramatta bottle from the surface.


When I went back to have a good scratch around...
The larger tip (650m) yielded a few bottles from the fifties (at a guess). Cough Medicine bottles were overrepresented, possibly because larger bottles were all broken.


THIS BOTTLE ALWAYS REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF
TAYLOR CHEMICAL CO SYDNEY (1960's)

PECKS

BONNINGTON'S
IRISH MOSS
COUGHS & COLDS (1960's)

At the eastern corner I was unable to find a tip. There was, however, on the opposite side of the road an interesting shaped bottle, probably from the twenties.

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Some Ariah Park Wildlife

This morning we saw an emu not 5km from town.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsenkGupCDI

And there's funnier critters than that around...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mce80g5eGM

Camps Lane Litter

A decent selection of fairly ordinary bottles was found on a ride down Camps Lane on 26 February 2009. All bottles were found in ones or twos down the length of the lane. My best guess is that these bottles were the result of occasional litter from moving vehicles and remain undisturbed as the roadway is virtually obsolete.



(Left to Right)
Very Pretty VINEGAR Bottle from AGM
A H WEBSTER ARDLETHAN
Sharpe Brothers Centenary 1968 (Which may become a collector if I bury it for another 100yrs)
TUCKER & CO. PTY. LTD
A small Brylcreem

And the best one
SUMMONS & GRAHAM PTY LIMITED PARRAMATTA.
(A little worn with an impact mark at the bottom but still intact and very nice.)

Bottle Collecting

Garvans Lane

Just South of Mirrool Creek rubbish is tipped into a couple of small erosion gullies to stabilise the banks just inside the paddock on the eastern side of the road. Most of it is new heavy fill. There is evidence of a couple of bottles, nothing early or spectacular. It is unlikely the farmer would like his erosion work to be dug up, nor is it likely to yield any great finds. One interesting if newish bottle had tumbled through the fence.

THIS BOTTLE ALWAYS REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF HALLOWES PTY LTD

Dads n Lads Trip February 2009

James and I went to Abercrombie caves with some other men and little men from church.

Here are the highlights of the trip.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3_lk72CLjw

A New Hobby

Davey's Lane. A small shallow tip just on the edge of the road just west of the quarry. Probably disturbed by roadworks. Yielded some fairly common bottles probably from the about the sixties.

Including this cute (if common) Peck's Paste bottle.

Cordoba's Feelin' Fine

My mate Lou and I put together a little song for Ellie. We are praying for you all and hope you will be able to trust in God's goodness as you move yet again. We love you all.

You can download the video here or watch it on Youtube, the words are below.




Ladies and Gentlemen, Cordoba's feelin' fine.

One, two, three, four, fine, all the kids in the car so come on let's drive
To the- new city called Cordoba.
The folks say they want to pack and move but I really don't wanna -
Feels like I been here one week.
I wanna stay here I've moved a heap.
like Croydon, Lidcombe, even Argentina.
And as I continue, it's now a new city.
So what can I do? I wanna trust you my Lord.
To me moving is getting kinda old.
But Jesus Christ, He's So good. Let me Trust Him.
Help me to trust him.

A little bit of Penrith where we start,
Then we move back to Croydon Park
A little stay at Lidcombe, that big house
Wait for Argentina in Dundas
Then we went to B.A. a dingy flat
Now behind the church is where we're at
Now it seems Cordoba's the new plan
That's OK with us we're in his hand

Cordoba's feelin' fine

Got up, went down and travelled all around.
Adventures we have found, we've covered lots of ground.
The places we've left, to do what's right.
Out the front gate or out the side.
Pack your bags once and pack your bags twice
We did all this cause we're following Christ.

A little bit...

Trust him,
I trust Him
Cordoba's feelin' fine, ha, ha, ha.

A little bit...

I do all to do what Jesus wants me to.
So movin's fine or we'll stay a while
Now Cordoba is feelin' fine

Cordoba's feelin' fine

The Gentle Pitter Patter Of...

Life in the country

Ariah Park Show (2008)

Sunday was show day.

We had a look at the pavilion. (Katie won the most outstanding exhibit for her patchwork bag and Mum won the most successful exhibitor in needlework)

Then we had a few rides.

I must have said 'no' 65 million times.

but everyone had a good day.





















Claire on the Music Trip




















Katie and Elie go down the slide




















Katie's bag is the yellow/green one. You can also see Elizabeth and Claire's aprons.






















Meredith's doll, 'Rosie', is the shorter one. She's very lazy and won't sit up straight.

The Famous Five Go Camping

Mum was away for the weekend at Women's Convention, so the rest of us went camping on Friday night. We went to Mandamah Tennis court and cooked sausages on a campfire.

The weather was fantastic and we had a good time.

The Harpers and Denyers and Damien and Max came too.




















Sorry, but I didn't think to take photos until after we started packing up. (So that's Harpers' Tent)