After a visit to Masters to get some saddles and screws we finally got on the road at 10:30, bit later than we wanted.
The recliner chairs tend to move around a bit when we are driving, particularly
on the not so smooth NSW roads so far!
Because the recliners also rock they tend to move around a bit, so we got some saddles to hold down the circular metal base.
First stop was at Cootamundra, the birthplace of Donald Bradman, later to become Sir Donald Bradman, Australia's most famous cricketer and Australian cricket captain.
The town has set up a museum in his honour (which we didn't visit, one can only visit so many museums!) but they also set up a Cricket Captains Walk.
The walk winds its' way through a park and is lined with busts of every Ausralian Test cricket captain since 1877, David William Gregory.
Next to him, at the beginning of the walk stands a bust of Unaarimim (Johnny Mullagh) the leading Aboriginal cricket player in the first Australian cricket team to tour England in 1868.
The great man himself, Sir Donald Bradman, gets a full statue showing him in full flight as the great batsman he was.
Among other notable captains on display is Vic Rchardson, the grandfather of no less than 2 other great Australian Test Captains, Ian and Greg Chappell.
Then there is one for Richie Benaud, who not only was a very good captain but went on to be a brilliant commentator. Richie passed away last week at the age of 83, a sad loss to the cricket world.
I could go on, but suffice to say that walking down this path and seeing so many Captains that have entertained us with some magic cricket brought back many happy memories.
Names like Bobby Simpson, Alan Border, Stephen Waugh and Ricky Ponting are but a few of the many Captains represented there.
But it was time to once again move on and travelling via Young and Grenfell, quite an historic town, we arrived in Cowra to set up camp once again.
A full list of all the Captains along the walk can be seen here
http://www.cootamundra.nsw.gov.au/tourism/attractions/captains-walk.aspx
together with a profile of each.
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