BUBLACOWIE MILITARY MUSEUM

The BUBLACOWIE MILITARY MUSEUM and MEMORIAL is the work of an incredible guy called CHRIS SOAR. It's situated just out of Yorketown on the Yorke Peninsula.

Chris (pictured above) has material from WWI, WWII, Korean and Vietnam wars. The museum is built on the grounds of the former Bublacowie single classroom school.

The museum was built by Chris and his wife Enid (now deceased) to perpetuate memories of the sacrifices made by so many in all conflicts and to help our young learn of our military history.

Chris is a Malay/Vietnam veteran himself.

There are some fascinating newspaper clippings from war eras.

Chris has even restored a number of army vehicles.

He has other vehicles also, such as this Morris Minor and the Austin 1800 below.

You should get to see this museum. It is really worth the visit. I'd love to bring my kids here, and maybe later my grandchildren. Thanks Chris. You have done an incredible job with this project.

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Tomorrow we'll start heading back towards Adelaide. Only 220 km from here to there! Maybe Balaklava or Riverton.

YORKE PENINSULA

Balgowan on the Yorke Peninsula. Does it get much prettier than this? This is on the west coast between Wallaroo and Port Victoria. We stayed at Wallaroo - neat place.

Laura town had its FOLK FAIR on this last weekend - 10 & 11 April. It's the home of CJ Dennis. Well, his younger days anyway. Dick Biles had this statue done for the town. We got to meet Dick a few times but this was the only glimpse of C J Dennis we got!

Guess there are quite a few folk, like Dicko and the cleaning lady, who don't get down the Yorke Peninsula, so thought I'd throw up a few shots. Don't forget, that top photo is from Yorke Peninsula also. Click on it, and it should enlarge. Agriculturally rich, naturally beautiful.

Fay was having a look across Gulf St Vincent to see if she could see Adelaide. It can't be that far across according to our maps. Tomorrow we're off to have a look at the Innes National Park and Marion Bay etc. Maybe I should get a bike ride in before we depart from Coobowie which is where we're staying. Look it up on Google Maps. Edithburgh is a neighbouring town.

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Gotta be in Adelaide to see CANDYMAN on Fri or Saturday.