Day 17 Friday 16th October 2026 (continued)
We returned to the main road from the Sugar Pines for another 13km to get to Batlow. Starting life as a gold rush town back in 1854, which quickly turned into a agricultural area becoming is undeniably best known, and deservedly so, for its apples. During both World Wars it was an important base for canning, hydrating and freezing produce to send to the front line overseas. One of our elderly neighbours, Bill Edwards, came here and was the foreman for the construction of the cool stores during this time.
It appears now that the town has fallen on harder times, although we saw apple plantations on the way in, the businesses in town seem to be struggling.
We walked into town and read about the areas history.
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| The apple peeler |
Grabbed a pepper pie for lunch from the bakery and later wondered back to the pub for a meal. Mark’s schnitzel was enormous and tasty.
It was a very quiet night.
