Alas, no. Our little campervan isn’t up to off road, or even unsealed roads if they’re too lumpy and dusty. We were in Bright for Mountaingrass. Also did some (figurative) digging in the library on the Upper Ovens goldfields. Deepening the backstory for Black Spur, with an eye to a full second draft next winter.
Mountaingrass! I forgot that was on. Were you playing? I hope it was a good one this year. We ended up in Wagga on the Murrumbidgee, which was nice, but then the rain hit!
Hope the library had something useful. It's pretty small. It's part of a High Country network with most books found in the larger library in Wangaratta, which could be worth a visit if you're back up this way.
We go every year, to listen rather than perform. First when it was in Harrietville, then Beechworth, now Bright. The library was actually very useful. I was looking for stuff specific to the Morse Creek diggings, and I struck a rich vein. Before that I was at the Burke Museum and library in Beechworth, and I think the researcher there will be able to help me too. It's nice, getting back into some research. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed working in libraries, all those years ago during my PhD. A lot I'll be able to do online, on PROV and TROVE, but the knack I find is coming up with the right questions. Once I have those, the answers tend to follow.
I agree Steve. If I can protect my veggies from the bowerbirds, anything is possible :)
Ah, Wandi, just a stone's throw away! Did you head over to Wonnangatta?
Alas, no. Our little campervan isn’t up to off road, or even unsealed roads if they’re too lumpy and dusty. We were in Bright for Mountaingrass. Also did some (figurative) digging in the library on the Upper Ovens goldfields. Deepening the backstory for Black Spur, with an eye to a full second draft next winter.
Mountaingrass! I forgot that was on. Were you playing? I hope it was a good one this year. We ended up in Wagga on the Murrumbidgee, which was nice, but then the rain hit!
Hope the library had something useful. It's pretty small. It's part of a High Country network with most books found in the larger library in Wangaratta, which could be worth a visit if you're back up this way.
We go every year, to listen rather than perform. First when it was in Harrietville, then Beechworth, now Bright. The library was actually very useful. I was looking for stuff specific to the Morse Creek diggings, and I struck a rich vein. Before that I was at the Burke Museum and library in Beechworth, and I think the researcher there will be able to help me too. It's nice, getting back into some research. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed working in libraries, all those years ago during my PhD. A lot I'll be able to do online, on PROV and TROVE, but the knack I find is coming up with the right questions. Once I have those, the answers tend to follow.
Oh good, there'd be a fair bit about Morses Creek in there as that was the old town name (as you've probably discovered already).
It's quite a funny small world. Three of the people I read on Substack were in Bright in the past fortnight! It's a busy little place 😆