This day marked our Anniversary...one year one the road....I would not have believed that Stephen and I could have done that if it was not for the fact that I was there all of the time!!!! During the day we went out to the old Blyth Homestead. This old homestead was an outpost for the Sargent family...which consisted of 14 children. Their home was Stapleton Station, situated 40 k's away near Adelaide River township, which Harry Sargent bought and then started buying up the surrounding stations...
Each of the children have their own story of their lives and up bringing....the one that stuck in our minds was the story of the 9 year old boy, Max, who found himself tin mining at that age and away from his parents.. that's doing it tough.
They have left the inside of this homestead pretty much as it was...the family continued to use this property right into the late 60's and early 70's..The Blyth Homestead was incorporated in a land parcel that eventually became Litchfield National Park in 1986 and in 1997 it was declared a heritage site as one of the best examples of Top End bushcraft architecture.
Onwards to Tjaynera Falls (Sandy Creek)...hard walk but a lovely swim at the end..
Also on the drive was afield of these Magnetic Termite mounds, all line up North South to take advantage of the sun.... then home again for the Bower Bird Bertie and a bottle of bubbly!!!!
This day marked our Anniversary...one year one the road....I would not have believed that Stephen and I could have done that if it was not for the fact that I was there all of the time!!!! During the day we went out to the old Blyth Homestead. This old homestead was an outpost for the Sargent family...which consisted of 14 children. Their home was Stapleton Station, situated 40 k's away near Adelaide River township, which Harry Sargent bought and then started buying up the surrounding stations...
Each of the children have their own story of their lives and up bringing....the one that stuck in our minds was the story of the 9 year old boy, Max, who found himself tin mining at that age and away from his parents.. that's doing it tough.
They have left the inside of this homestead pretty much as it was...the family continued to use this property right into the late 60's and early 70's..The Blyth Homestead was incorporated in a land parcel that eventually became Litchfield National Park in 1986 and in 1997 it was declared a heritage site as one of the best examples of Top End bushcraft architecture.
Onwards to Tjaynera Falls (Sandy Creek)...hard walk but a lovely swim at the end..
Also on the drive was afield of these Magnetic Termite mounds, all line up North South to take advantage of the sun.... then home again for the Bower Bird Bertie and a bottle of bubbly!!!!
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