MARTINBOROUGH MEMORIES

As we returned from our evening walk to the Darling River, two people called us over for a chat. They live in Nanango, and we Queenslanders like to stick together!!!

In chatting, we discovered that Anne was born in New Zealand, but had shifted to Australia in 1971. Further discussion revealed she had lived in Martinborough, and had attended primary school there. That’s where John did his primary schooling ... a long time ago.

Anne and he were there at the same time, she two years after him. They remembered the same teachers and knew many of the same town identities. And this was discovered on the bank of the Darling River in Wilcannia!

But wait, there’s more! Five years ago when we were in Northampton, W.A. by chance John also met up with two guys he’d attended school with in Martinborough, and had even played in the same cricket team with one of them.

 It’s not as though Martinborough is a big town; population about 1500! Is it just that so many have left it?