Remembering - an anthology. The memories associated with the paintings.

I am very pleased with these two paintings,

part of the exhibition, at the Tap Gallery 6-12 October, 2008.
Great kids. It was 1967.

The place was Maude via Hay. My first car, a vw, served me well.

I boarded, first at the hotel, as suggested by the Dept. of Education, (No electricity, no lights), beside the school.

Then a property, half an hour away, along the Mid Western Highway, west of Hay and then on another property, a little further out.

The Travel column, in the Sydney Morning Herald described Hay and surounds, 8th February, 2004, thus:

Substantial and historic service centre in the heart of the Riverina.
Hay is an important pastoral town of the Riverina area. Located 728 km west of Sydney via the Great and Mid Western Highways it is situated alongside the Murrumbidgee River at the junction of the Sturt, Cobb and Mid Western Highways, halfway between Sydney and Adelaide. 94 metres above sea-level and with a population of 2817, it is surrounded by completely flat, open, treeless saltbush plains. Indeed the road from Hay to Maude is as flat as western Queensland or the Nullarbor Plain.

The short route to Hay was 51 k.m.. I drove that every Friday, after school and had dinner with the principal of Hay Public School and his family and then baby-sat the daughter and son (12 and 10), until about 11 p.m., and then drove the 51 kms back again to Maude, in absolute darkness, just before midnight to the hotel which had no lights or (mains) electricity (a generator provided the means to keep the beer cold).

After I moved out of the hotel to the properties, along the Mid Western Highway, the drive, was much longer.

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