School excursion to a key place – past, present, & future.*
A school excursion, rocky junction.
Glenbrook Creek meets Nepean River.
A history lesson from Mr Street.
Our own histories yet to be made,
Pivoting around these waters.
Waters flowing through our town
Irrigating lives & memories.**
Some included here, others omitted,
But always there, constant, this river.
The Nepean River.
Note:
* In the photograph:
(l-r) Back: Gordon Hall, Sandra Hall, Peter Elzer, James Corr, Mark Haines (?), Me, ?.
Front: Margaret Martin (?), Christine Smith (?), Bruce Turner, ?.
Some of these have made appearances elsewhere in 365 Short Memories.
** To the south we water-skied through this point (the narrows) and down Nepean Gorge, swam at Bent’s Basin & hunted for crayfish there, swung off a rope at Menangle, witnessed water thuunder down Warragamba’s spillway.
To the west, along Glenbrook Creek we picknicked and swam at Jellybean Pool and the Blue Pool
To the north we jumped off Victoria Bridge, cooled down at the Weir, kayaked through to Yarramundi.
Nepean Gorge – to the south of the school excursion site
Our river irrigating our lives & memories.
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