Another tree planted............

Another tree, the last that we had waiting for planting has been put into the ground at the cemetery. It will replace the pine tree that died and had to be felled. When we have time that old tree which has served it's purpose and added to the magic of the cemetery will have to be cleaned up. No one wants to use the timber because it's only pine and has no real resistance to rot and by the look of it, is not really tight grained enough from which to make furniture.

Luverly - what a great day to plant a tree

All the other trees are starting to move and they should be leafing up soon.

The ornamental [Cleveland] pears are in blossom and looking great. They are trees that not only give this beautiful display in spring, but then also have a really lovely colour in autumn.

Even though the trees in the recreation reserve and cemetery are of a larger initial size, it will take a while before they show up really well in the landscape. Hopefully these will produce the effect the committee are trying to create.

The Road Into a Tourist Attraction...

The road into the Cassilis cemetery and recreation reserve has been graded and gravelled thanks to the East Gippsland Shire.

It was a bit of a mess, well a lot of a mess being graded and then the rain turning the road, not to a river of mud, but more a mud trap. This would have been a pleasure for any mud runner four wheel drives that wanted to test out their machines and tyres for these conditions. But it put off some people, visitor and locals alike, travelling to both these public utilities.

Even since this latest upgrade/repair work, it's been mentioned to members of the recreation reserve committee and the cemetery trustees that hardly any gravel has been applied to the road surface along the recreation reserve section of the road. Which has been a bit more unpredictable than even the lower corner of the road. It would seem that the East Gippsland Shire engineers have inspected the road and then designated how the gravel should be applied. We bow to their expertise and knowledge, so assume that it won't again become a greasy, boggy test of driving skills to negotiate, to visit either of those public utilities. Time will tell of course.

The cemetery road has never previously had the attention that would make it a two wheel all weather road. But in the past it has been seen as a four wheel drive track, and because it's condition was mercurial, many visitors made the turn off the Cassilis road and then stopped in dismay, not going further. Some went to the Mt Markey Winery and told of their disappointment, or if they were locals, conveyed their displeasure to one of the trustees or committee members.

We hope now we have seen an end to this hit and miss entry into these two popular tourist historic areas.