Wednesday 17th September, Heaps of History and Cheese and Chocolate

After driving around yesterday, we realised that Wagga Wagga is very large, in fact large enough to be classed as a city. With many new housing developments and estates, the current population is nearly 70,000. The European history of Wagga Wagga dates to 1829, when Captain Charles Sturt was exploring the Murrumbidgee and disembarked in this area. The first settlers moved into the area in the 1830’s. Rob was a little worried that it may have been too windy for golf today but he was more than happy for me to complete a Heritage Walk in the old part of the city while he entertained himself. The walk was wonderful and all I had to do was to tap on the link on my phone and a map gave you all the information about the history of the building you were viewing. The walk was divided into two sections one for public buildings and the other for beautiful homes with 41 stops! I took many photos but I won’t bore you all. If you want to see the walk and all the buildings, you can click on the link here.  https://waggalibrary.com.au/learn/wagga-wagga-history/heritage-walk

Rob managed to fill in the time in successfully and after picking me up we went for a drive. We decided to visit two nearby towns which we had enjoyed visiting in the past. This drive also took us on The Canola Way so we enjoyed the fabulous views of rolling hills of yellow and green. We called into the quaint little town of Coolamon and visited the Coolamon Cheese café for lunch. We shared a cheese and nibbles platter for two which was delicious. We also purchased some cheese and packed up some of the cheese from our platter which we were unable to consume. From Coolamon we drove to the small town of Junee, full of beautiful old buildings and famous for the Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory. We spent time here observing the making of the chocolate confectionaries and may have been forced to make a few purchases here! A lovely day!