Sunday, 11 November 2001 - From Sydney International, Alfred and Bill changed to a Sydney Domestic flight to Wagga Wagga (pronounced wah-gah wah-gah - meaning "a place of many black birds" in the native language).
In the early afternoon local time, we were met in the Wagga Wagga Airport by cousin Alan Stileman and were taken to his ranch - Gininderra (translation - "sparkling waters") - 4100 acres (1600 hectares) of beautiful rolling hills and surrounding flatlands with numerous springs feeding paddocks - most of which support several hundred head of beef cattle and a couple hundred sheep. The ranch is totally operated by Alan through a combination of dedicated hard-work and 2001 computerization where each and every animal is uniquely listed by bar-coding and it's history updated continuously from birth through market sale. This operation is fully certified around the world
Cousins Alfred and Allen in Wagga Wagga airport
Cousins Bill and Allen
In Gininderra, the lovely Susan has prepared a snack of delicious breads with coffee to refresh ourselves
Alfred tells one of his many stories - "all true" - of our adventures and others
Bill with his cousins
Conversation moves to the outside patio where the air is fresh and day is lovely
Gininderra - such a beautiful place
A bright beautiful day in Gininderra - a high-elevation cellular phone relay station is in the background
A breath-taking view - Ginninderra and southeast Australia
Gininderra - soooooo beautiful
Gorgeous Gininderra view
The rocks of Gininderra contain some interesting deposits - is it gold ???
A swarm of bees on Gininderra
Lovely Gininderra
A grand view from Gininderra
Lush green Gininderra hills
Some of the 800+ varieties of Eucalyptus trees
Gininderra cattle
Gininderra machinery
Gininderra garages
Garden surrounding the pool
Cousin Allen's computer network
Monday, 12 November 2001 - Tour Sturt College Winery grape arbors - near Wagga Wagga
Sturt Wine is delicious
A very tasty lunch has been set out by lovely Susan
Alfred has his camera ready
Alfred shows off his new Wagga Wagga cap
In the evening in Holbrook, NSW - A gathering of gentlemen
Alan Stileman...Stanley Stevens...Henry ...Alfred Stillman...Bill Stillman
Elna ...Alfred Stillman
Allen Stileman...Henry
Elna ...Alan Stileman...Pauline ...Henry ...Susan Stevens Stileman
Henry ...Susan Stevens Stileman...Pauline ...Alfred Stillman...Stanley Stevens...Elna ...Alan Stileman
Tuesday, 13 November 2001 - Touring the Australian Mountains - one of the system of Australian Mountain Dams
Alan and Alfred discuss important topics
The dry-side of the dam wall - looking up
The top of the dam wall - looking down into the dry-side
Alfred and Susie enjoy a digital-camera moment
The beautiful lake behind the dam
Our next stop - the Snowy Mountians
The Emu - the Australian Native Bird
A flock of Emu
The Kangaroo - the Australian Native Animal
High up in the Australian Mountains - Alfred and Allen address important topics
Entrance to Cabramurra - the highest point in Australia - 1488 metres
Up-close and personal with the highest point in Australia
View from the highest point in Australia
In late Summer, some dams dry up
Three Cousins
Susie, Allan and Alfred
These falls are very scenic
Very beautiful bottom of the falls
The stream continues into the mountains
On the way back to Gininderra, a spiny anteater raced across in front of our vehicle
Wednesday, 14 November 2001 - we tour the other half of Gininderra
Some of the "flat" acreage of Gininderra - so lovely
A kangaroo is very low in the grass in the center of this picture
Beautiful Gininderra
Our cousin - "Sir" Alan Stileman, "Lord of Gininderra"