Today, we went to Fagan Park, Galston in Sydney's north.
It is 55 hectare area of lush green gardens that was donated by the Fagan family to the Hornsby Shire council. The park is home to the original homestead, Netherby Cottage of the Fagan family, that has been converted into a museum overlooking over 15 acres of parkland.
The area is set up for families and people who love to visit and BBQ.
We too advantage of the fine weather and great BBQ facilities and we had a BBQ for lunch.
After lunch we wandered through the old farm and took some pictures of the old
farm equipment and sheds. This was a chaff cutting machine in original condition.
It was used to cut hay for farm animals.
It was unusual seeing a bell like this on the farm. I'm sure it wasn't used to
call the cows up for milking! But it was interesting nevertheless.
This windmill pumped water from underground to wells on the farm so as to supply
water for the house, sheds (including the milking shed) and animals.
Another shot of the windmill.
Old milk cans used to collect and store the milk for delivery.
One of the Machinery Storage sheds...
Inside was an old McDonald diesel Road Roller.
The shed had to parts to it. On the right was a blacksmith shop which was an area
used to work on farm implements.
These are some of the tools that would have been used...
This is the anvil that was used to hammer out metal objects to shape them...
A heavy duty vise used to hold objects that were being worked on.
Another storage shed with farm machinery stored in it.
This is the old Fagan Homestead.
The Park has lots of different areas representing different countries around the world.
This was the Dutch section with it's magnificent windmill and Canal.
In Holland, canals were used every day with little boats plying the canals.
Bridges had to be made so that they could be easily lifted so that a boat
could get through...
As you can see by this photo the bridge was constructed with a counter lever
so that a person could pull the bridge up easily.
The Windmill is set in a beautiful park surrounding.
I couldn't resist getting Don to take my photo against the Windmill.
This gives an idea of its size.
This was a view of the North American Garden with a typical Georgian Colonial
style house. Being Autumn, the colours in the park are stunning.
Further down the park is a small bridge with Willows along the edges of the lake.
The bright sunny day gave us a great opportunity to take some brilliant pictures
of the autumn colours reflected in the water.
The lake looked stunning!
Across the lake is a wharf that is used for wedding ceremonies and for just sitting
at and enjoying the views.
There is a lot of wildlife and these young ducks were enjoying the sunny day with us!
Mother duck wasn't far away!
Father duck was preening himself in the sun.
There was a lot of Water Hens around both in the lake and sunning themselves on the lawn.
Galahs were plentiful when we were there and they were also enjoying the sunshine.
At the end of the day, walking back to the car,
I caught sight of these beautiful autumn colours!
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