With lunch duly out of the way we headed back northwards, and decided not to worry too much about the bridge at Campbell Town since Someone wanted to check out the National Rose Garden on the banks of the Macquarie River at Woolmers Estate in Longford.
A quick check of the options available persuaded us to try the self-guided tour of the grounds which, in addition to the Rose Garden and the traditional Kitchen Garden, also takes in the working horse stables, blacksmith shop, shearing shed, cider house and the coach house. The Rose Garden covers about two hectares and apparently covers the evolution of the rose, from the 18th and 19th centuries to the present. While I’ve got to admit that roses don’t do a great deal for me, any ensuing boredom was more than compensated for by the stroll around the historic buildings - again, simply magnificent and a fourth highlight of the preceding twenty-four hours.
