23 April 2014
Denise and John left early for Adelaide to see about their CB radio in the car. It can only get us if they 200 metres or closer to us. Their handhelds can reach us from 600 metres away. All was checked out and the radio is fine. Go figure.
While they were in Adelaide we decided to go to Two Wells, the place where my mother’s parents came from.Armed with a list of Wasleys and Allisters buried at the cemetery, (obtained from the Council Information office), I went wandering the Two wells cemetery. I found them all and photographed their headstones.
This one is my Grandmother Wasley’s father, my great grandfather, Samuel Allister.
And this is my Grandfather Wasley’s father, Benjamin Wasley.
We then went to a place called Wasleys, about 30 kms west of Gawler. I visited this place with my grandmother and a Henderson cousin in January 1966. Then there were just a few remaining house and if you blinked you would miss it. Today it is a relatively large place with lots of new homes there.
Lance had a big win today – he figured out how to use the Navman, our GPS and got us to Wasleys with no problem.
After lunch at the local reserve in Wasleys Lance put Kapunda into the Navman and got us back home.
Coming into the southern entrance to Kapunda is a enormous statue called MAP for “Map Kernow” , the Cornish dialect for “Son of Cornwall”. The statue is a monument to the contribution and heritage of the Cornish miner in the Kapunda Copper Mine which was established in 1844 and was the first sucessful metal mine in Australia. The Wasleys in my family came from Cornwall and Henry Wasley, my great great grandfather, is shown in census records as a miner.
Cockies came over us again tonight about 4 pm on their way to their night resting area. The skies tonight as the sun was setting.
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