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…

Lidsdale House Garden

The garden surrounding Lidsdale House was designed by Paul Sorensen. It is lush and manicured. But the 1940s extensions to the house are in…

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…

Long Swamp Road

I never knew the peculiar stone formations that surrounded me as a child were called pagodas, as if they were buddhist temples. Buddhist literature,…