The Machinist and I took a drive to Iandra Castle, near Young, New South Wales. I took many photos of the Castle and grounds; - far too many to upload here. And besides, I think you may become bored with them, as some are very detailed.
I couldn't wait to get out of the car and make my way towards the castle. I wanted to get lost in my own imaginings of the Green family. How they may have thought and felt. How they may have conducted themselves.
How they coped in a foreign land.
I think I need another visit to Iandra. I really do. Time evaded us. The sun began to set before we left the premises.
I did, however, return home with a few - ahem - tokens for remembrance of our day there; pods and seeds from the castle garden. My bag was heavy with them. One day, I will plant them.
If the castle intrigues you like it does me - you can read more here:
Iandra Castle & Mt Oriel Homestead
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| Tower |
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| We couldn't wait to see inside. The outside "calls" you in |
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| Dormer windows always intrigue me |
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| Chimneys! |
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| More Chimneys! |
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| The Machinist and I were standing on this upstairs verandah and didn't realise we had been spotted by Cameron's parents, who also visited that day. |
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| Creeping Ivy Skeletons |
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| Lichen |
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| Australian emblem on the kitchen stove (one of them) |
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| A typical bed |
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| The bedroom's pee pot |
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| A bedroom hearth |
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| Part of a corridor in the parent's wing |
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| Part of a corridor in the right wing - leading to servant's quarters |
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| Corridor connecting one wing to another. |
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| Telephone situated near the kitchen |
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| The Family Church |
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| Side door to the church. More lichen.... |
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| A "welcoming" from the wasps |
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| Very old graves, no surrounds. Solid metal headstones |
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| An infant grave |
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| The Stables |
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| We love the bronze ring |
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| Peeling paint on a rusty gate within the Stable courtyard |
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| Mr Green; home and landowner - Iandra Castle |
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| Even thistles show their beauty |
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