Central Tilba Tilba Tilba

The title of this post is not the result of my going mad or suffering from heatstroke. Our next two destinations were Central Tilba and Tilba Tilba. See http://www.tilba.com.au/history.htm for a general blurb or sites like http://www.maplandia.com/australia/new-south-wales/eurobodalla/tilba-tilba/ providing maps. Tilba may mean water in the Thawa Aboriginal language and its repetition converts it to plural form: many waters. Both places, which are only 3 km apart, are now, like Mogo, thoroughly gentrified and full of eateries and touristy shops catering for alternative, hippie, and green clienteles - both young and old.

They are set in stunning rolling hills and valleys, a lush green colour after recent heavy rains. The first picture shows the general lie of the country south of Central Tilba.

Before getting to Central Tilba, Dot and I and Emily and Greg had a nice lunch in Tilba Tilba at the "Love at First Bite" cafe shown on the next slide. It was surrounded by businesses selling garden supplies or twee household goods, and there was also a botanical gardens to explore.

Then it was off to Central Tilba, another old dairying township, though this one - unlike Mogo - actually had two stores selling cheeses. Indeed Tilba cheeses are available in supermarkets nationally and they're very good. One now sits in our fridge having survived the trip home in an Esky. We visited most of the stores shown in the attached pictures, but bought little. In Emily and Greg's case, that was hardly surprising in view of their impending move overseas. In our case, the household is stuffed to the ceilings with rarely used household and personal items! Still, it was fun looking at works of art, hand-made wooden products, exotic clothing, furnishings, food-stuffs, hammocks, and so on.

Have a look at these photos!

AS