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The first settlers established farms in the Kersbrook area in the early 1831s due to its relatively gentle slopes. John Bowden, manager of the South Australian Company's dairy farm at Hackney, bought the 32-hectare (79-acre) section 6146, Hundred of Para Wirra, and named it Kersbrook after the Cornish farm where he was born. [3]
Birdwood is also home to the National Motor Museum (in what used to be the Old Mill), and is the endpoint of the annual Bay to Birdwood run , in which vintage motor vehicles are driven by their owners from Glenelg past the city and through the hills to finish at the museum where a festival is held. The museum was started by Jack Kaines and Len ...
By this time, the town was reported to include two post office buildings, institute, church, service station, a handful of cottages and the old Morning Star Hotel. [7] In 1864, the town was renamed Chain of Ponds, after a series of nearby ponds which were connected underground.
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Like most, I entered the park's main day-use area by way of State Routes 9 and 236 near Boulder Creek. The Redwood Loop Trail is a flat route that includes some of the park's biggest and oldest trees.
Cudlee Creek has a Soldiers Memorial Hall, Caravan Park, Pub, Tennis Courts, Golf Course and a Country Fire Station. Points of interest: Gorge Wildlife Park, one of the largest privately owned animal parks in Australia (opened 1965) An old icecreamery now converted to a restaurant (opened 1890) known as the Cudlee Cafe
Platform 1 was a 151-metre-long side platform, and platforms 2 and 3 were a 149-metre-long island platform. The island platform was demolished in the 1990s, but the side platform remains in place, although no longer in use. A crossing loop was provided but was removed when the line was converted to standard gauge in 1995.
In March, 52-year-old Rick Slayman, who had end-stage renal failure, received a pig kidney transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital. The kidney worked at first, and he was able to go home ...