Dad & Dave, Australia’s longest running radio drama/comedy serialisation and its answer to BBC Radio Four’s, The Archers, ran from 1937 to 1953 with the same actors throughout and remains a much loved part of Australia’s cultural history. Continue reading “Dad & Dave, Mum & Mabel”
While the famous ‘Dog on the Tuckerbox’ monument, five miles from Gundagai, was designed by Frank Rusconi it certainly is not the most impressive example of the work of this talented artisan on exhibition in the Gundagai district. From an artistic perspective it is one of his poorest offerings. Rusconi was a stonemason so bronze was not his usual medium and added to this was the fact that he was blind in one eye by the time he produced it. Continue reading “Rusconi’s Marble Masterpiece”
Your first stop in Gundagai (after visiting Five Mile Creek and the Dog on the Tuckerbox if you have driven in from the Sydney direction) should be the Visitor Information Centre located pretty much in the centre of town.
The reasons for this are three-fold: Continue reading “Pop into the Visitor Information Centre”
This is a new 4 km walking (cycles, horses and dogs on leashes also permitted) trail between North Gundagai and Snake Gully where the Dog on the Tuckerbox is located. Starting or ending in the town centre will add an additional 3kms to the walk – each way – along quiet roads/footpaths to the trail head. Continue reading “Dog On The Tuckerbox Trail”
As well as stopping here on the Hume Highway, on the outskirts of Gundagai, to see the Dog on the Tuckerbox and what little that is left of Carberry’s Inn this is also a major rest stop along the highway connecting Sydney and Melbourne – about 4hrs from Sydney and just over that from Melbourne. It is also about 2hrs drive from Canberra, Australia’s Capital. Continue reading “Eating And Other Ways To Spend Your Money At Five Mile Creek”
You cant get much more Australian than this. Continue reading “Visit the Doggy Loo”
While whether Bullocky Bill’s dog ‘sat on’ or ‘shat in’ his tuckerbox here at Five Mile Creek or at Nine Mile Creek is a matter of debate what is for real is that Five Mile Creek has long been an important rest stop for travellers. In the early 1800s it was a base and rest stop for pioneers making their way further into the then unexplored interior of Australia. Today it is a favourite rest stop for the modern traveller traversing the south-east tip of Australia via the 840 kms long Hume Highway which links Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. Continue reading “Carberry’s Inn – Five Mile Creek”
Five miles (8km) north of Gundagai, just off the Hume Highway which connects Sydney to Melbourne you will find this monument consisting of a small dog sitting on a box. ‘Tis this “Dog on the Tuckerbox” and its associated songs and poetry which catapulted Gundagai to fame not only in Australia but around the world. Continue reading “The Dog on the Tuckerbox”
Situated some distance back from the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, the town of Gundagai has long been a favourite stopping place for travellers along the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne. Continue reading “Take the Road to Gundagai”
Despite a revamp and the addition of two mini golf courses Yarralumla Play Station continues to exude the rather run-down, or dare I say it country/outback town fun park, feel that it has had for years. I hasten to add that this is a complement! Continue reading “Yarralumla Play Station”
The Rambling Wombat 