Ok, now after the market on Saturday, we made a short trip to Berrima.
We have been here before, so I will have to dig out some of the old photos to share of the historical places as I did not take any this time around.Actually, just as an aside, I have found records listing an ancestor of mine being here -
Honorah/Norah/Honor CONNOR/CONNORS/O'CONNOR nee COLLINS with 2 of her sons
No - they were not incarcerated (I think that is spelt right). Berrima Goal was used as a overnight stop for those travelling between Sydney and further south. The CONNORS & COLLINS family lived in the Monaro Region, which is south of Canberra. Both families were from Ireland, but different counties.
Berrima has quite a few little touristy shops - lollies, cafes, bakeries, nick-nacks, cafes, jams, ice-cream, cafes, christmas shop, cafes, clothing, alpaca shops and lots and lots of antique shops. Actually the Southern Highlands is renown for the number and variety of antique shops - from junky bits and pieces that would be perfect in your home to internationally old, old pieces of beautiful, quality furniture.
Yes, I visited just about as many as I could squeeze in - hubby loves the timber pieces, so its not a chore or boring for him. Just we tend to go in different directions and gets a bit frustrating wanting to show each other pieces we have found ☺
No I did not buy anything, self-control all the way. But next time ...... well he has been warned
One of my favourite shops has no furniture. Sorry no photos, I was in a hurry to get inside and look. Next time - promise.
And the next large sheddy-type room has books, books, books, books and oh yeah books
When you go outside and look sideways at the property, it looks like a HUGE farm shed attached to a house at front
Oh yeah - they also have the longest running hotel licence in Australia - The Surveyor General Inn. There are lots of other older pubs in Australia, but not with a continuing running licence. Did not stop in this time as we had just had yummy pies and coffee at Gumnut Bakery
We would love to take this on as a project
You'd be braver than me to take that on!! LOL
ReplyDeleteI love Berrima - perhaps a visit is in order (when the weather warms up).
PS The post about my long weekend is finally done.
Oh lovely Berrima; there once (maybe still is) a shop called Lorelle's. I love Berrima
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful old buildings.
ReplyDeleteI've never been there so thanks for taking me along. It looks nice and winter sunshine is sooooooooo nice isn't it?
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Helen
Yes I agree beautiful buildings. I do think they have a lot of character! Not like the ones these days.
ReplyDeleteThe one house looked like something out of a spooky film!
Off to bed now,
Love Suex
This is a fantastic post Maria!!! It really makes me want to visit Berrima, thanks for sharing your private tour of a sweet old Australian town..
ReplyDeleteHugs - Jodie :)
I really enjoyed looking around this town. I'm going to find out where it is on a map now
ReplyDeleteLouise x
How interesting Maria, thank you for sharing, it lovely to find out about other countries and Berrima sound delightful! I have to tell you how to make a Kir - you need white wine and a liqueur called creme de cassis. In a tall champagne flute pour one part cassis to five parts chilled white wine Ta Dah! one lovely aperitif drink. If you use Champagne instead of white wine, that is a Kir Royale. x
ReplyDeleteLove the photos of the old buildings. Old Australia architecture is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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