Visiting Berry

Diary, Life in Australia, Old Age 2 Minutes

Berry is a small Australian town in the Shoalhaven region of the NSW South Coast in the state of New South Wales, located 145 km (90 mi) south of the state capital, Sydney.
History
The indigenous people of the area were the Wodi Wodi people. In the 1810s, George William Evans, Government Surveyor, reported on the Berry district as a possible settlement and on the good stands of red cedar. Subsequently, itinerant timber cutters visited to cut and send cedar to Sydney.
Alexander Berry, with his business partner Edward Wollstonecraft, pioneered European settlement in the Shoalhaven region in 1822. The locality was known as Broughton Creek from its beginning in 1825 as a private town and part of a large rural grant holding called “Coolangatta”. The name was changed to Berry in 1889, following the death of David Berry, Alexander’s brother, to honour the Berry family.

 

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The township of Berry lies on the South Coast Railway, and on the Princes Highway (Highway 1) between Nowra and Kiama. For much of its early history the town depended on timber cutting and dairy farming, with a tannery and boat building also present, but today, Berry thrives on tourism, with many souvenir shops, art galleries, antiques and collectibles shops, cafes, restaurants, and hotels. A local public hospital bequeathed by the Berry family, the David Berry Hospital, now serves as a rehabilitation hospital and palliative care hospice.

All this is taken from the Wikipedia. To find out more, please look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry,_New_South_Wales

 

I took yesterday a lot of pictures in Berry. Here are just a few of these:

 

At the Berry Hotel Lodgers are welcome.
At the Berry Hotel Lodgers are welcome.

 

 

 

 

ALPACA BURGERS are advertised at the Berry Hotel.
ALPACA BURGERS are advertised at the Berry Hotel.

Opposite the Hotel in Queen Street is an Old Post Office Building. It is from 1886.

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There are 'Posthouse Rooms' in the old Post Office Building as well as a Restaurant called LEAF.
There are ‘Posthouse Rooms’ in the old Post Office Building as well as a Restaurant called LEAF.

LEAF stands for “Love Eating Asian Food”. They tell their customers the following:

“It’s our pleasure to serve fresh, healthy and delicious Thai-Vietnamese dishes to you!
Please come visit us to enjoy your lunch and dinner.
With Love
From LEAF

P.S. Fully licensed. BYO (Wine only)”

Some of the Outside Sitting Area of the LEAF Restaurant.
Some of the Outside Sitting Area of the LEAF Restaurant.
This is in commemoration of Alexander Berry who lived from 1781 - 1873.
This is in commemoration of Alexander Berry who lived from 1781 – 1873.

Next to the Alexander Berry monument is a little park where I took some pictures of Peter.

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I think Peter looks here at his iPad.
I think Peter looks here at his iPad.

To be continued!

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Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Mother and Wife of German Descent I've lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com

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7 thoughts on “Visiting Berry”

    1. We stayed for a few hours in Berry, Ian, and then went straight back home again. It was good to have ample time to enjoy the scenery. Usually when we stopped in Berry it was on the way to some where else. I liked it that I had plenty of time to take pictures. This way this visit is going to stay in my memory and making me want to return. We live in a beautiful area. We never run out of places to visit again and again! 🙂
      Auntyuta

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  3. What an interesting history, and a charming town, Uta. I would really enjoy Berry, I can tell. I am not familiar with the Wodi Wodi, and so I found this little overview very interesting! 🙂

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