HERITA HERITAGE FESTIVAL - NSW
HERITA HERITAGE FESTIVAL - NSW
HERITA HERITAGE FESTIVAL - NSW
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50 Regional Events<br />
Innovation<br />
invention<br />
North <strong>NSW</strong><br />
GLOUCESTER<br />
<strong>NSW</strong> National Parks and Wildlife Service - Discovery<br />
Hidden Treasure Tour<br />
Copeland Tops State Conservation Area Carpark, 18kms West<br />
of Gloucester<br />
Step back in time to the days of gold mining at the historic<br />
mountain maid gold mine. Join a NRWS discovery ranger<br />
for a guided tour and discover a valley of hidden treasures<br />
at copeland tops state conservation area. Note: for safety,<br />
access to the mine shaft is currently unavailable. Please bring<br />
hat, sunscreen, water and snacks and wear fully enclosed<br />
walking shoes.<br />
18 & 25 April 11am - 1pm<br />
Adults $10 / Child (under 15years old) $8 / Family $28<br />
Bookings Essential: 02 6558 1408<br />
GRAFTON<br />
Clarence River Historical Society<br />
The Story of the Ski-Wing Hang Glider<br />
Schaeffer House, 190 Fitzroy Street<br />
Exhibition of plans, photos, - ski wing Hang Glider- people<br />
involved in experimentation, first successful flight. Wheelchair<br />
access, parking and toilets available.<br />
14 - 29 April 10am - 4pm<br />
Adults $3 / School child $1<br />
Enquiries: 02 6642 5212<br />
KEMPSEY<br />
OEH National Parks and Wildlife Service<br />
Convict Lime Kilns 4WD tag-along tour<br />
Pacific Hwy intersection Smiths Creek Rd, Kumbatine<br />
NaionalPark - isolated site requires 4WD<br />
Walking tour approx 2.5km around the remains of Australia’s<br />
earliest surviving Lime Kilns circa 1830’s. A fascinating story<br />
of early colonial innnovation and technology. Bring a picnic<br />
lunch, water bottle, wear sturdy boots, trousers and insect<br />
repellent. Limited transport available. This tour requires use<br />
of your own 4WD vehicle approx 25km return over former<br />
forestry roads. Road surface depends on weather conditions.<br />
Meet at intersection of Smiths Creek Road and Pacific Hwy,<br />
Kundabung. approx 12 km south of Kempsey.<br />
Thurs 19 April 9am - 2pm<br />
$10<br />
Bookings Essential: 02 6588 5519<br />
KENDALL<br />
Kendall Heritage Society Inc.<br />
Henry Kendall Birthday Memorial Luncheon<br />
Kendall Services and Citizens’ Club, 4 Graham Street<br />
This luncheon, with this years special guest speaker, Donald<br />
Godden, is held yearly to bring attention to some of Australia’s<br />
much loved poetry and it’s writer who lived in Kendall part of<br />
his creative life. He was Kendall’s first timber inspector when<br />
timber was the lifeblood of the area. Wheelchair access, air<br />
conditioned premises overlooking Camden Head River.<br />
Sat 28 April 12noon for 12.30pm<br />
$25<br />
Bookings Essential: 02 6559 4083<br />
LAURIETON<br />
Camden Head Pilot Station<br />
Camden Head Pilot Station Heritage Tour and Talk<br />
Camden Head Pilot Station, Camden Head Road<br />
The Camden Head Pilot Station has an interesting and<br />
important heritage. An informative talk and tour of the Pilot<br />
Station and its surrounds will give visitors and insight into the<br />
day to day workings of the Pilot Station a century ago. It will<br />
also show its restoration and current activities. The tour will<br />
include the cottage and continue around the surrounds of the<br />
Pilot Station including the break wall and Pilot Beach.<br />
Mon 23 April<br />
$15 includes morning tea (proceeds go to maintenance of<br />
the Pilot Station)<br />
Bookings Essential: 02 6559 6699<br />
LISMORE<br />
Richmond River Historical Society<br />
Moving with the Times: Lismore’s pioneer aviators<br />
Lismore Regional Museum, 165 Molesworth Street<br />
In 1916 the Mayor of Lismore asked the Postmaster General<br />
to consider establishing an aerial mail service in country<br />
Australia. Four years later, on 26 June 1920, the first air mail<br />
service in Australasia began when an Avro aeroplane took<br />
off from Lismore to deliver and pick up mail in Casino and<br />
Tenterfield. The display will look at this ‘first’ for Lismore, as<br />
well as other local pioneering aviation ventures such as those<br />
of Keith Virtue and G.A. Robinson.<br />
13 April - 11 May 10am - 4pm<br />
Admission to Museum: Adults $2 / Students $1 / Children<br />
(under 12) 50c<br />
MANNERING PARK<br />
The Ormsby Family<br />
Ormsby Family Hangi - Cooking of food Maori style and<br />
sharing of the family history<br />
19 Marmion Street<br />
This event is to celebrate the family name “Ormsby” which<br />
first arrived on Australian soil with the First Fleet 1788.<br />
Ormsby was also the first Prison Superintendent at Cockatoo<br />
Island, Sydney. Clarence Pita Ormsby JP <strong>NSW</strong> was the first<br />
Ormsby to be naturalized as an Australian citizen on 26th<br />
January 1988. Clarence Pita Ormsby organized an Australian
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