auntyuta Diary, Life in Australia, Old Age January 22, 2016 1 Minute

Today we had another look at Berkelouw’s Book Barn after we had not visited it for many years. It was a very good place to meet up again with G and H.

In one of Berkelouw’s pamphlets it says:

WE BUY BOOKS AND PRINTS IN LARGE LOTS OR SMALL

The Book Barn at Berrima is the first of its kind in Australia and responds to the demand of the reading public for inexpensive fine quality secondhand books . . . . ”

After not having visited the Book Barn for a number of years, we were astounded, how the facilities have improved. There is a huge restaurant area as well as a well established winery and a magnificent place for wine tasting!

I very much liked the pizza and the salad with flowers for lunch and later on a glass of wine at the cellar door.

The poplars that lead to the book barn look as healthy as ever!

bookbarn@berkelouw.com.au

On the way home we had a quick stop at Robertson Pie Shop.

And then we had to drive down MacQuarie Pass in dense fog and rain!

All the way home it rained steadily. Luckily the rain was not as heavy as it had been the day before. Last night we had some flooding in our home. When we arrived home today, there was still a bit of rain but thankfully no more flooding. Also after yesterday’s heat-wave with temperatures well over 35C, it is very much cooler today. Australia Day is coming up next Tuesday. Already today, Friday, a lot of traffic was building up for people going South to have a long holiday weekend.

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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 View all posts by auntyuta

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8 thoughts on “A beautiful Day at BERKELOUW’s Book Barn, 22nd January 2016”

The C-SweetJanuary 22, 2016 at 7:35 pmEditThe salad looks delicious – what a nice little surprise to find all the upgrades to the little bookshop, including of course, the wine bar!!! It’s hard to believe the fog/rain photo was taken the same day.Reply
1. auntyutaJanuary 22, 2016 at 8:01 pmEditThanks for commenting, C. Berkelouw Books are well established. They still have about eight book stores in NSW, and one in Queensland. Apart from secondhand books they also sell a few newly published books..To us it is a well known fact that towards the top of the pass a lot of fog can develop. Luckily the pass is well signed all the way. Peter, my husband, is 80, but he has long practice negotiating along the pass, that is, there were times when his work required that he drove up and down the pass on a daily basis. So I am proud to say, that he hasn’t lost his touch yet and drove confidently around all the bends in fog and rain! Reply
  1. The C-SweetJanuary 22, 2016 at 8:54 pm Editawesome! how was the wine?
  2. auntyutaJanuary 23, 2016 at 9:53 am EditI did choose Riesling. They served it beautifully chilled. The grapes for this wine came from their own estate.
    I was very happy with this drink.
gerard oostermanJanuary 23, 2016 at 1:35 pmEditWe enjoyed sharing food and wine too at Berkelouw’s. Uta. We drank some of their Semillon Blanc last night. We had a great day and pleased Peter still manages all those S bends down the Pass.Reply
1. auntyutaJanuary 23, 2016 at 3:10 pm Edit Reply
DebraJanuary 26, 2016 at 4:33 pmEditOh my goodness! I would love the Book Barn. This is my kind of place for sure. I have very little self-control when given an excellent used book shop, and this one really appeals to me. It’s probably good I don’t live nearby. LOL!Reply
1. auntyutaJanuary 27, 2016 at 6:25 am EditWe’ve been collecting books for over 60 years, Debra. To keep too many books if the space is limited, can be overwhelming. Right now, we are in the process of throwing some books out. In future we want to resist the temptation to buy more and more books. Some books we simply cannot let go, and eventually we’ll probably buy a few more books that we think are of special value. You are right, the Book Barn is the place to go to, to look for excellent used books.Reply

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A beautiful Day at BERKELOUW’s Book Barn, 22nd January 2016

auntyuta Diary, Life in Australia, Old Age January 22, 2016 1 Minute

Today we had another look at Berkelouw’s Book Barn after we had not visited it for many years. It was a very good place to meet up again with G and H.

In one of Berkelouw’s pamphlets it says:

WE BUY BOOKS AND PRINTS IN LARGE LOTS OR SMALL

The Book Barn at Berrima is the first of its kind in Australia and responds to the demand of the reading public for inexpensive fine quality secondhand books . . . . ”

I very much liked the pizza and the salad with flowers for lunch and later on a glass of wine at the cellar door.

The poplars that lead to the book barn look as healthy as ever!

bookbarn@berkelouw.com.au

On the way home we had a quick stop at Robertson Pie Shop.

And then we had to drive down MacQuarie Pass in dense fog and rain!

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8 thoughts on “A beautiful Day at BERKELOUW’s Book Barn, 22nd January 2016”

The C-SweetJanuary 22, 2016 at 7:35 pmEditThe salad looks delicious – what a nice little surprise to find all the upgrades to the little bookshop, including of course, the wine bar!!! It’s hard to believe the fog/rain photo was taken the same day.Reply
1. auntyutaJanuary 22, 2016 at 8:01 pmEditThanks for commenting, C. Berkelouw Books are well established. They still have about eight book stores in NSW, and one in Queensland. Apart from secondhand books they also sell a few newly published books..To us it is a well known fact that towards the top of the pass a lot of fog can develop. Luckily the pass is well signed all the way. Peter, my husband, is 80, but he has long practice negotiating along the pass, that is, there were times when his work required that he drove up and down the pass on a daily basis. So I am proud to say, that he hasn’t lost his touch yet and drove confidently around all the bends in fog and rain! Reply
  1. The C-SweetJanuary 22, 2016 at 8:54 pm Editawesome! how was the wine?
  2. auntyutaJanuary 23, 2016 at 9:53 am EditI did choose Riesling. They served it beautifully chilled. The grapes for this wine came from their own estate.
    I was very happy with this drink.
gerard oostermanJanuary 23, 2016 at 1:35 pmEditWe enjoyed sharing food and wine too at Berkelouw’s. Uta. We drank some of their Semillon Blanc last night. We had a great day and pleased Peter still manages all those S bends down the Pass.Reply
1. auntyutaJanuary 23, 2016 at 3:10 pm Edit Reply
DebraJanuary 26, 2016 at 4:33 pmEditOh my goodness! I would love the Book Barn. This is my kind of place for sure. I have very little self-control when given an excellent used book shop, and this one really appeals to me. It’s probably good I don’t live nearby. LOL!Reply
1. auntyutaJanuary 27, 2016 at 6:25 am EditWe’ve been collecting books for over 60 years, Debra. To keep too many books if the space is limited, can be overwhelming. Right now, we are in the process of throwing some books out. In future we want to resist the temptation to buy more and more books. Some books we simply cannot let go, and eventually we’ll probably buy a few more books that we think are of special value. You are right, the Book Barn is the place to go to, to look for excellent used books.Reply

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I’ve been reading a few very interesting blogs again today. Somehow I ended up looking at what Matthew Wright had to say. I found out he is a historian and a successful writer. He published for instance this book about New Zealand’s hidden past. Maybe some bloggers would like to have a look.

Highlighted book:

Convicts: New Zealand’s hidden criminal past
Penguin, Auckland 2012

‘As Matthew Wright acknowledges, although “generations of historians have told and retold the tales, openly and happily”, the true story of convict involvement has been ignored by many New Zealanders who have sought to differentiate themselves from their Western Island… Although some academic reviewers use the word “prolific” as a pseudo-insult, Wright combines a scholar’s mastery of the sources with a journalistic skill at communicating complex messages to lay people, all sharpened by the experience of writing nearly 50 books.’ – Gavin McLean, Otago Daily Times, 11 August 2012.

‘…great reading, full of specific real-life personalities and daring escapades, some horrifying, to be measured and understood against the background of Maori and British cultures of those decades of the nineteenth century. This is the first time the tale of New Zealand’s convicts has been told to this detail, in a single book – one destined to become a New Zealand classic.
– Jo Keppel, Greymouth Evening Star, 26 July 2012

‘Wright has done a great job of exposing activities which society had considered best forgotten, and made it interesting reading to boot’.
– Graeme Barrow, Northern Advocate, 23 July 2012, and Wanganui Chronicle, 16 August 2012.

‘…an entertaining and informative account of some of the larger-than-life characters who made this country their home in the early 19th century…’
– Alister Browne, Manawatu Standard, 17 August 2012.

‘…adds to the colourful tapestry of New Zealand’s early settlement.’
– Mana, New Zealand, 1 September 2012.

‘Wright has carved out a niche for himself in pre-Treaty New Zealand history, from which very few written records survive. It’s not an easy field to research.’
– Mike Houlihan, D-Scene, 5 September 2012.

This rollicking tale of white crime takes us to pre-1840 New Zealand, a riotous age when lawlessness leaked from the periphery of Empire – in this case, the penal colonies of Australia, established in 1788.

Prisoners stowed away on boats, escaped in boats and otherwise made their way across the Tasman – where Maori looked on most of them with disdain. Some left as soon as they could. Others stayed.

Curiously, the biggest criminals weren’t convicts – they were sea captains, supposed upholders of the law who became involved in all kinds of skullduggery around New Zealand’s coastline, ranging from cannibalism to genocide. They were bad, some of them were mad – and it all happened in just a few exciting decades in a tiny corner of the South Pacific.

Available in print and e-book.

Paperback, 256 pp
ISBN 13: 9781742532493 ISBN 10: 1742532497

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