More From the Armidale District

Our few weeks in Armidale are drawing to a close and Armidale is a blaze of colour.  The trees are a mass of red yellow and orange as the autumn display is in full swing.









The first 2 weekends in April saw the nearby town of Uralla celebrate a Food and Wine Festival.  We drove the short distance to Uralla and bought a "Passport to Wonderland" which gave us entry to a number of local attractions and gardens.  We had a magnificent lunch at the Eastview Winery, with the largest scotch fillet steaks we had seen.

One of the gardens had lots of exotic bantams running around the roses and Alice in Wonderland themed garden areas.

We continued to explore the local area and took advantage of the Scenic Drive leaflets we had picked up at the Information Centre.  We stopped at the privately built Dangarsleigh War Memorial.  This was built by Alfred Perrot to commemorate those who died in World War I.  His son was killed in 1917.  The symbolism of the memorial is that the circle and globe represent the World, the five pillars represent Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and India, the triangle represents England, Ireland and Scotland and the octagonal spire represents the eight countries combined.





Further on we entered the National Park to see Dangar Gorge.  Unfortunately there was no water flowing over the falls; nevertheless the gorge was spectacular.















Then it was on to Gostwyck where we saw the octagonal shearing shed and the picturesque Gostwyck Chapel with its colourful windows.

Tomorrow we are back on the road continuing our journey south.