{"id":5759,"date":"2014-03-25T02:44:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T02:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=5759"},"modified":"2018-02-06T08:08:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:08:26","slug":"one-trip-every-month-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=5759","title":{"rendered":"One trip EVERY month: March"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month we went to the southern highlands of New South Wales, stopping at Bowral and Sutton Forest. It’s a region of retirees and tourists and businesses that accommodate one or the other.\u00a0 (I’m neither; I was visiting an aunty, who is retired.)\u00a0 Historically, Bowral was a rural retreat for the well-heeled of Sydney who built a number of manor houses on large estates, many of them now accommodation for expensive weekends away.\u00a0 These days there are also a large number of homes owned by ex-Sydney residents who’ve worked hard all their lives and can afford a comfortable retirement in this cool, green, historical region.\u00a0 Bowral is also famous for its association with cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, which is interesting if you like cricket.<\/p>\n

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Garden lighthouse Bowral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Bowral there are big big houses where the rich have indulged their whims.\u00a0 Let’s say you made your money sailing the seas.\u00a0 Then you could build a lighthouse-type structure in your garden and pretend you’re still out there on the ocean watching for land.\u00a0 But not everyone in Bowral’s history has had buckets of money.<\/p>\n

There are still a few poor cottages scattered surprisingly here and there.<\/p>\n

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It’s a place where nature has been tamed to suit the formal tastes of European settlers, with pines in lines and hedges with edges.\u00a0 The garden seat in my header, off to the side under shady trees, was much more inviting than these stiff square plantings.\u00a0 Not to worry, untamed Australian bush is never far away – once you’re out of town and back on the highway, this is all you see either side of the road.<\/p>\n