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On Friday, September 11th, Ben and
Manda went to stay at
Gardner's
Inn, Blackheath.
(The first building in Blackheath was "The Scotch Thistle Inn" erected
by Andrew Gardner in 1831. The Inn was visited by Charles Darwin in 1836.
The site for "The Scotch Thistle" was located slightly south of the present
Gardner's Inn. The original staircase from "The Scotch Thistle" has been
preserved and can be found in Gardner's Inn.) |
Ben had to do some work
there the next morning but that evening we had dinner at Vulcan's, Phillip
Searle's restaurant. The famous chequerboard icecream, with pineapple sorbet,
star anise icecream, liquorice and creme anglais, lived up to expectations! |
After Ben finished talking
to the builder on Saturday morning, we went to Perry's Lookdown, an excellent
place to get a view of the Grose Gorge. The Lookdown is 8km down Hat Hill
Road, off the Great Western Highway about 200m from Gardner's Inn. The
photos look a bit fuzzy because of the effect caused by evaporating oil
from the eucalyptus trees in the valley below. |