Shao Ping, Fiona, Michelle and I checked out the Mount Kembla Mining Heritage Festival. We watched the parade and wandered about. There were lots of stalls, vintage cars & bikes and historical displays. We walked up to the cemetery and I took some photographs of the tombstones of the miners that perished in the 1902 mining disaster. The festival was most entertaining. Explore the gallery.

The adventurers embarked on another expedition… a bush walk to the peak of Broker’s Nose. The peak was formally known as Brooker’s Nose however local historians believe that the miners at the Corrimal Colliery below the peak renamed it Broker’s Nose because they were always broke.

Read about the adventure here…. View the gallery of photographs as well.

During the bush walk across to the peak at Broker’s Nose we had to pass the transmission tower that sits atop the site. There was a fresh wind and as the breeze blew through the construction an eerie sound emanated from the tower… like a metallic symphony coming down through a long, cold pipe. Listen to it here.

The sound of metallic ghosts

Nearly every day I notice this telegraph pole leaning rather precariously in Figtree. I wonder if it will ever topple over? Are they still called telegraph poles? I think they no longer carry telegraph wires.

While driving home last night I spotted this a fountain of water where one should not be. I proposed to hetho and dobbo that we should investigate and I captured the photograph and movie. It was soon stopped by Sydney Water.