Sunday saw us heading through the Lockyer Valley to Nobby via Ma Ma Creek - lovely drive - all looks so green at the moment. We had lunch at Rudds Pub - the meals are HUGE & great.
After lunch we went next door to the Vintage Museum. This wedding dress was designed by Ida Dennis of Toowoomba - stunning. Morley Grainger www.morleygrainger.com/exhibitions of Toowoomba curated an exhibition of Ida Dennis's work a couple of years ago.
This guy greets you at the entrance to the Nobby Forge & Vintage Museum http://www.nobbyvillage.com.au/- the clothes, the hats, the furs, the toys, all brought back memories. The owner showed us the exhibits and willingly shared her knowledge with us. It was a great trip down memory lane. A visit is a must when you are in the area.
The men visited the forge and spoke of manly things and were educated in this craft.
After a few hours in Nobby, we headed for coffee & cake at the Village Green, Highfields, just north of Toowoomba. This building used to be the one teacher school in Highfields in the 1960's and it is where I went to school for a year. Suitable homage is paid to this site whenever I take visitors there - it's an important historically!!!!! It 's a lovely cafe & on the green are a number of shops dedicated to giftware, scrapbooking & surprise, surprise, a quilt shop - The Quilter's Angel.
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