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| Kids on the stump |
Beyond the gate was a mud track which led to my grandparents house, a small wooden abode, unpainted, with hessian interior walls. At night we used lanterns and candles as there was no electricity. Long grass paved the way to the long drop which would have been amongst the trees at the right of this photo. The natural forset had all gone by the time these photos were taken in September 1992. I know it was September as the daffodils were blooming luxuriantly through the paddock, showing where the original house had been. Mum was with us and pointed out a position on the next rise where there was more evidence of a garden. Until then, I had not known that Ephraim the younger had lived there. We were once taken on a walk to the orchard to see baby birds in their nests and I then realised that the few remaining trees that we had seen in the mid fifties had been his orchard. The small shed was built by my grandfather after the family had moved from the property and that too has now disappeared.
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| Treasures from the garden |
The size of the original trees can be estimated by this large stump being used as a vantage point by Ephraim's descendants. Although this property was partially cleared and farmed, it was not very handled well and the crops produced were very meagre.
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| Lower Wilmot |
It is amazing to see just how much of the past was spirited away when the land was cleared. With the trees now being grown here, I hope that it will sometime soon feel like a special place again.
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