Tamworth

April 11, 2024

Rest & Reflection

Tamworth

The highlight of Day 9 was catching up with friends, some of whom I’ve known for at least 58 years. From when our family first moved to Tamworth from Barraba in the mid 1960s.

There was also some time to cycle around East Tamworth to see familiar sights and reminisce about long past decades when we lived here during my school years.

It’s been an enjoyable, reflective day. One of those full, memory prompting days.

Tamworth’s iconic post office clock tower

Inside the Town Hall. A place where I attended many functions. The most memorable was the truly terrifying experience of speaking in Indonesian for a few minutes on stage into a Radio Australia international broadcast from Tamworth in the early 1970s.

The local bikeshop is for sale. The current owner has been in the business for over 50 years. We bought some repair & maintenance items from him.

The bandstand in ANZAC Park. One of many heritage timber structures renovated by my father.

The classic view from Oxley Lookout toward Duri Peak.

Upper Street store is now a coffee shop. During WWII it was owned by great aunt Emily Goldthorpe who ran it as a boarding house.

My high school. PROGRESS & DISCOVERY. Cycle touring motto?

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Ian WallisA fine entry on the good points of Tamworth, a fine looking town but not New England. It shot up the rankings and Armidale plummeted when Barnaby Joyce moved up the hill. Ian
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Graham SmithIan I’ve always preferred Nandewar to name the ancient area where I grew up. We could see Mt Kaputar in the Nandewar Range from my home village of Barraba. And there’s no resemblance to England, new or old, in the Kamilaroi country I’m familiar with.
As for that MP, the name isn’t worth mentioning.
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