Day 3 - An AI Assisted 10 Day Tour in New South Wales Australia
The day started with a short drive to Bega to visit the Bega Heritage Centre. Bega is known for its dairy industry and cheese. The heritage centre has a small historical display showcasing the dairy industry and a cafe where you can sample a few of their cheeses, grab a coffee and a snack and then simply relax. A nice way to start the day. The cheese was excellent, and I highly recommend the Kamaruka Cheddar! Leaving the Heritage center we made another short stop at the war memorial in Bega. The Australian military has a long history and it’s reflected in the memorial and a stunning mural along the wall of an adjoining building
Bega, NSW Australia
From Bega, we headed for Cooma, our lunch stop for the day. The scenery changed dramatically as we left the coast and headed inland. Gone are the twisty windy roads through forests changing to more rolling open pasture land. Cooma nicknamed itself as the Gateway to the Snowy Mountains, considered the skiing centre for Australia. In the mid 1900’s, it was a major support centre for the Snowy Mountain Project, a major hydro-electric development in NSW.
We took a short walk through town after finding a highly recommended pie shop for lunch (the pies were delicious). We walked past Centennial Square and there is a series of mosaics along the side of the square created by students from the Cooma TAFE College showing the history of the region for the 1988 Bicentennial Year. You Can find more information at https://visitcooma.com.au/attractions/centennial-park/
Cooma Mosaics and a Tribute to the poet .J. (Banjo) Paterson
We left Cooma and made our way to Canberra for a couple of nights. Pretty sure we’re done with the one night stays now. We stopped at our holiday park (Sundown), checked in and headed out for a little tour. Started with Mt. Ainslie, a lookout for the most of the city. Canberra was planned from scratch as the new capital of Australia in the early 1900’s. Walter Burley Griffin, along with his wife and partner Marion (who worked for many years with Frank Lloyd Wright), created the design for Canberra in response to a competition launched by the Australian government in 1911. In 1912, their design was selected as winner. They had never been to Australia before their design was selected. In 1913, Canberra was officially named, and in 1927, it became the official capital after the completion of the new Parliament House. The view from Mt Ainslie was spectacular. You look out over the war memorial, and the original and new parliament house. From there we headed down to Lake Burley Griffin for a walk along the promenade. Lots of people out enjoying the evening.
Mt. Ainslie and Lake Burley Griffin - Canberra
