The Port Augusta Public Library was closed the first time I visited. What a bummer! There was a COVID case in the library the previous week so it was shut down! Luckily, I had another chance for a second visit, on our way back home. Although, that wasn’t a very long visit either because it…
Category: Libraries
Library Visit 2021 – Woomera Community Library
For some reason, I did not make notes after I visited this library. I’ve looked everywhere. That’s very unusual of me not to write anything about it. I now have to rely on my failing memory… Date of visit: 25 August 2021 Features: This was a spacious library considering the town’s population was only 120…
Library Visit 2021 – Coober Pedy Community Library
The most memorable part of my visit to the Coober Pedy Community Library was my long chat with the library staff at the time. It was a Sunday and they were open from 1-5pm. Some of the lights weren’t on when we visited so the photos turned out a little dark. The library was also…
Library Visit 2021 – Alice Springs Public Library
For those familiar with Neville Shute’s work you’d know that he wrote A Town Called Alice, which by the way I have not read yet. But I suspect that the Alice Springs he wrote about was quite different from the modern Alice Springs that I have just visited recently. So I guess it’s only apt…
Library Visit 2021 – Bridgewater Library
I came across this library by accident. Bridgewater is a rural township on the Calder Highway 35 km north-west of Bendigo. After we camped at the Bridgewater Recreation Reserve we came to town to get some drinking water for the caravan. The drinking tap was next to the memorial hall which also housed the public…
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