Strath Albyn

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In the early 1800s a lot of Scottish migrants moved to South Australia, mostly industrialists and engineers who wanted a fresh start somewhere where there was less competition than in Scotland. Because of this a lot of places in South Australia have Scottish names, this morning I drove to Strath Albyn on the banks of the Angus River, you don't get much more Scottish than that. Even the church is called St Andrew's.

It's a very pretty little country town with a lovely park and gardens in the town centre. My parents brought us here often when we were kids but not because they particularly liked the town. When I was a kid religion still dominated our society and businesses weren't allowed to operate on a Sunday. Nothing but churches were allowed to open, even police stations were closed, and I thank my lucky stars that that ended and will never be allowed to return.

Pubs weren't allowed to open on Sundays either, but there was a loophole in the law for Bona Fide Travellers. If you had travelled more than 100 miles you could stop in a hotel for a meal and you were allowed to have alcohol with your meal. Strath Albyn was just over 100 miles from where we lived so my parents could enjoy a few beers on a Sunday afternoon while us kids played in the park.

The Scotts built things to last and their buildings usually had solid stone walls about a metre thick, many small towns like to retain links to their heritage and it's quite common to see these buildings still in use more than 150 years later.

 

[SusanLR]

I like this place.
Small, clean and quaint.

 

[717]

I have a question.

I also have an attraction for the idea of photography, and I even got a camera, but what keeps me out is the idea that maybe people ask about what you doing and stuff like that... does people actually approach you when you taking pictures? they ask questions? how you handle, or better yet, avoid this situations at all?

 

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but what keeps me out is the idea that maybe people ask about what you doing and stuff like that... does people actually approach you when you taking pictures?

Usually the opposite. Most people are very polite and will try to keep out of the way of you taking pictures. If you're busy playing with your camera most people will leave you alone and try not to get in your way.

 

[Crossbreed]

A hundred miles for a Sunday beer...?
It seems like stocking the fridge would be more cost effective...

 

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A hundred miles for a Sunday beer...?

Such is life under an extreme right wing white supremacist religious regime. We had more than 60 years of that, never again.

 

[Kayla55]

Such is life under an extreme right wing white supremacist religious regime. We had more than 60 years of that, never again.

When I was child I still remember going to shop for me mum before Easter weekend. Those days there were no ATM or cellphones, imagine that!!
In Cape town we have legendary Harley's bottle store, the only place dared to sell alcohol on Sundays in old reform of Christian values. People forget as laws change and it was just famous for name and corner location on busy street. Never had chocolate malt flavoured beer before buying from Harley's, kind of nice.

 

[Kayla55]

Heritage day here is fun, I used to go tour around.....get free pass into district 6 museum, lot of art to see from rusty wire to shanty towns......
Also famous ferrymans at waterfront, still brew on beer and tour brewery at the back, I don't mind occasional one, esp. like craft beer but I'm not really a drinker.
Also the first rail road built, I kinda also like historic sites. Irish are quite a bunch, they uprising again. It's sad though when you think of backlash of walls due to IRA uprising, we Hungarians still look sadly at the fence but I think with us and georgia, a lot has changed like shift view of what causes problems. When we see Georgetown callescu it reminds us of Victor in his young days rising up for freedom.