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Getting the mail
Up until recently, the mail delivery has been an important part of our lives. Remember waiting anxiously for the postman's bell, and news of loved ones, exam results, health tests, tax refunds, postcards from abroad or birthday mail? And this was even more so in...
The roof is on!
7th February 2023 Finally we can bring you the good news that the new roof is on! And its VERY shiny. Not the lovely heritage look we're used to, but it will age over time. (In the meantime, it can possibly be used as a marker for planes). The battered and rusted look...
A Barossa Christmas in the 1800’s – Part 3 – Christmas Eve
It’s Christmas Eve. For the final time we are going to take a few minutes, step away from the Christmas that is happening all around us, and step back in time to Christmas Eve in the Barossa in the late 1800’s. To the play, the service, the carols, the gathering of...
A Barossa Christmas in the 1800’s – Part 2: the Food
Are you ready to head back into the past again? Off we go back to the Barossa at Christmas time, sometime in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s. Before we go, look around at the Christmas decorations, trees and lights that fill our shops, businesses, homes and...
A Barossa Christmas in the 1800’s – Part 1: the music
Imagine, if you will, that you are a small child again, sitting inside a small country church on a Christmas Eve, long ago in the Barossa. The night is warm and still, and the stars are beginning to shine. Outside there are few sounds, besides sheep bleating...
Plush’s Corner Railway Siding
Did you know the village of Light Pass once had its own railway siding, situated at Plush’s Corner? Back in the glory days of the steam trains, the train network expanded all over the country. In 1924, a line was built that connected Light Pass to Adelaide in one...