A barbecue had been organised By outings officer Mick and we were all able to once again enjoy the beautiful surrounds of Henry Kendal Cottage.
The cottage is still AMAZING , having been built with convict labour in 1836-40. By Peter Fagan (originally a convict from County Neath) who received his freedom ticket in 1830).
He named his home and the acres he had been granted "Cooranbean"
Later, after several years , the Australian bush Poet Henry Kendall was befriended by the Fagans . He was in ill health at the time and lived with the Fagans during 1873-75.
He slept on a small sofa( that bears his initials still) in a room that still shows his sleeping arrangements today. We know the cottage today as Henry Kendall Cottage, even though he only lived there for a few years.
There is a lovely little museum on the grounds now and it is full of things that most of us remembered having seen in our parents or grandparents homes.... It is well worth a visit if you haven't been already.
Our Probus member Frank Courts who works tirelessly for the Brisbane Water Historical society helped organise the picnic/ barbecue for our club. Frank always makes sure there is bottomless tea and coffee on tap and made us some beautiful cakes and tarts etc to enjoy with the tea/coffee (before and after lunch). The grass is freshly mown and the museum etc is free for us to visit during our time there....... Thanks Frank....! We also had two visitors Derek and Ern, come along to check us out with the thought they might join our club.
Some photos below show and tell the story of another lovely Probus Club outing....
The Barbecue photos below.
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| FRANKS lovely tea and coffee (and Cake) table. |
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| Frank keeping an eye on the tea/coffee table, thanks Frank for your great contribution.... |
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| The Chef's were busy cooking, some just looking ... |
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| Lyn... A happy face in the crowd |
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| Some of the happy campers enjoying the barbecue lunch. |
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| It was lovely to see Keith Thompson-Burke enjoying lunch with us . |
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Henry Kendall Cottage
amazingly this shingle roof stood up to the big
storm in April that took many tile roofs off.....
Inside Henry Kendall Cottage,
Shhhhh .......
No cameras were allowed inside, so these pics are illegal,
Frank said "I'm not looking" so I was able to get these photos.
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| Henry's sofa bed, An interesting side story to this is that the quilt once belonged to David Tapner's Grandmother ( probably made by her ) and was donated by David and family. (Henry must have been a bit cramped or else Henry was a very small man.) |
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| Henrys bedroom with his ensuite ! clearly visible on the left. |
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| Note The Ensuite to the left. One can't help but wonder how the young couples of today with there McMansions would cope with this tough way of life |
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| The babies high chair |
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| The nursery, again the Gazunders are in place.... Outside the home there is a double His N Hers bush dunny. on the one side , presumebly the HERS side is some toilet paper, Someone has a sense of humour though because On the HIS side there is some sand paper.... |