Power House
There is a 1964 photo by Olive Cotton titled Power House. Far more dramatic than my prosaic view, it is taken from an angle…
Category: Wallerawang
St Johns
Small towns have long memories. My first few years of schooling were at Wallerawang primary school. When we moved to Wallerawang in 2003 we…
Lyon and Loveday
Lyon and Loveday Walker Barton were middle aged siblings who lived together at Barton Park. They were murdered one Sunday in 1948 after returning…
Lake Wallace
Lake Wallace and the power station are now the most conspicuous features in the Wallerawang landscape. This view overlooks the spot where Barton Park…
Our Orchard
We planted over fifty different fruit trees in the garden of our Blackberry Lane house. They were planted in an area of compacted and…
Cemetery Gate
The Walker Barton private cemetery now overlooks Lake Wallace. Initially it overlooked Barton Park, formerly Wallerawong Station where Charles Darwin stayed. Perhaps in time…
Walker Barton Cemetery
Lake Wallace was created in 1978 to supply cooling water to Wallerawang power station. The Walker Barton Cemetery on the north side of the…
Wallerawang Ferals
Occasionally cows, kangaroos, dogs, goats (named “Butthead” and ” Buttarse”) and local teenagers would come wandering uninvited through our garden at Wallerawang.
Darwin Monument
In January 1836 Charles Darwin stayed for several days at “Wallerawong” Station where he collected a platypus and investigated the geology of the Wolgan…
The Old Soft Drink Factory
Soon after we moved to Wallerawang the next door neighbours subdivided their property. We bought the back half to use for parking and because…