The 8th National Over 70s Cricket Championships were held at Albury Wodonga from 19 November to 25 November 2019. However this was the third stand alone Over 70s National Cricket Championships. Earlier championships had been held in conjunction with the Over 60s National Cricket Championships.
We decided to travel to Albury a couple of days before the carnival so we had time to explore the Albury and Wodonga area, so we left on the Sunday morning travelling via Healesville along the back road joining the main highway to Wodonga near Euroa. We stopped at Swanpool and purchased sandwiches for lunch.
We then had a walk down the street of this small community before continuing our journey.
The Swanpool and District Memorial Hall, with cinema, was on the other side of the road.
This tree, a lima stringybark, was fenced off and had a sign providing information about its significance.
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| Click image to enlarge to read sign |
We passed a memorial cairn with a plaque stating that the explorers, Hume and Hovell, had been in the area in November and again in December 1824.
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| Click image to enlarge to read sign |
We passed a property with advertising signs for Pest Control and Rabbit Control.
Our car was parked the car near this fence portraying scenes of Swanpool's past.
We then travelled to the Mercure Hotel in Olive Street, Albury where we were staying during the carnival.
View from our bedroom window.
After we had unpacked we went for a walk to familiarise ourselves with the area before having dinner at
The Bended Elbow in Dean Street. Robin had barramundi while I had chicken parmigiana.
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