tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829953.post9193672584408843633..comments2024-01-08T15:31:14.656+11:00Comments on Look what I made!: Grafton tourYvette Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382534884932840432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829953.post-36453711915651246722015-10-06T09:41:45.305+11:002015-10-06T09:41:45.305+11:00My wife and I drove through Grafton on 01/10/15 an...My wife and I drove through Grafton on 01/10/15 and did a quick circuit. I was born there in 1942. My friends and I were at the opening of the ice cream factory and everything (ice creams; soft drinks etc.) were free and plentiful. The bridge over Carr's Ck. is relatively new. The old one was rotting timber and it was the one a mate was about to jump off to retrieve part of a 'slug' gun when we spotted a 6' Grey Nurse shark cruising underneath. Even though this point is more than 40km from the sea the Clarence is such a massive river that it was reasonably 'salty' at some times of the year. The 'Saraton' has always been a beautiful theatre. In the 50's it had another called the 'Garden'and there was also one in Sth. Grafton. When I lived there only steam trains crossed the viaduct over Prince St. Lumps of coal (some the size of footballs)often fell out of the tender and you had to be very careful walking underneath. Yes,it was a great place to grow up but most of us had to leave to work once we finished school. Those were the days. Earlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829953.post-26022257660796275572011-10-07T10:05:52.150+11:002011-10-07T10:05:52.150+11:00O.M.GOODNESS! The memories!!!!! Yep, I have heard ...O.M.GOODNESS! The memories!!!!! Yep, I have heard of the Jacaranda Festival .... ha ha!<br />When we were in Grafton a few months back we drove over the little bridge to Carrs Island too - loved looking at your photos of Graftonia!!! xxx <br /><br />Love JayneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829953.post-52790456228133312502011-10-06T22:12:12.653+11:002011-10-06T22:12:12.653+11:00that's fantastic. I'm with Dave..I love th...that's fantastic. I'm with Dave..I love the cute sign and the tain going over the bridge right there in the street!!!WOW.Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18266691379070059672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829953.post-64242348271814336692011-10-06T22:10:42.624+11:002011-10-06T22:10:42.624+11:00I do miss Grafton. We loved our regular visits, i...I do miss Grafton. We loved our regular visits, it was like "coming home" for us too. We loved catching up with all the Grafton friends of your Mum and Dad too. aajAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829953.post-23430127798354524052011-10-06T17:24:01.044+11:002011-10-06T17:24:01.044+11:00What a lovely tour of your home town, its so nice ...What a lovely tour of your home town, its so nice to go back and revisit and show your kids where you did things. Im so lucky that I still have family back in Hobart.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18310263177016738789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829953.post-81472519178278451252011-10-06T09:52:17.583+11:002011-10-06T09:52:17.583+11:00LOVED the tour! Oh I miss Grafton so much. Being t...LOVED the tour! Oh I miss Grafton so much. Being there with Jai for a few days made me feel so at home & I could feel myself living back there happily & bringing up my family there! Pity it's too far from the rest of u! And Will wasn't so into it :(<br />One day when I was about 15 I rode my bike to Peters Icecream factory & the door to the main building was open so I went inside & climbed these big industrial ladder-stairs all the way to the top floor! There was nothing in there except chicken wire which was doing a bad job of keeping the pigeons out cos there was bird poo EVERyWHErE! I was hoping there would be something interesting inside the building but there wasn't. <br />Mum said when they moved to town there was so much industry- Ice Cream factory, Brewery, Khoolkan Power Station, Zeitsch Bros Bottlers, Abbatoirs, more Saw Mills etc but then they steadily shut down :( so sad. At least Grafton still seems to be faring alright! Lots of my friends who left to study have gone back which is nice!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393475065428174377noreply@blogger.com