Roxburgh

Somebody's Darling lies here

lots of places to go and see - if the weather were better

What to see in Roxburgh on Fridays

Malcolm clears the cycle track (no 2) - I didn't photograph the first one

Malcolm clears the cycle track - no 3

camping place at Butchers Dam, Old Man Range in background

We have spent a few days in Roxburgh before moving on today to near Alexandra.  We are freedom camped at Butcher's Dam, below the Old Man Range that still has snow on it!  Today was supposed to be sunny and hot.  We cycled from Roxburgh Dam to Pinders Pond this morning and it was sunny but cold.  Then it became overcast and cold - so much for the weather forecast.

When we were at Roxburgh we took a drive on a 4WD track to see the Lonely Graves.  Back in 1865 Horseshoe Bend was a gold mining town that most people had already moved on from.  The story goes that William Rigby found the body of a young man and buried him.  He had a wooden headboard raised over the grave saying, 'Somebody's Darling Lies Buried Here'.  In 1901 Rigby wrote to the local paper to say he neither found nor buried 'Somebody's Darling.  However when Rigby died 11 years later he was buried alongside the lonely grave, his headstone reading - 'Here lies the body of William Rigby the man who buried Somebody's Darling'.  As the DOC sign says, 'the truth shouldn't get in the way of a good story'.