Naracoorte

I had to stay over in Naracoorte last night to catch a bus back to Bordertown today. The sun was bombasting the town today and I was walking with intent from 10am until almost 2pm and shopping for small items.

Generally with time to spare in Naracoorte, I hang out between two second-hand shops (op shops, op short for opportunity) and came away with unused DVDs for a dollar each and a CD (Mozart). I scored a light weight deep-brown corduroy jacket for 5 dollars.

Naracoorte is an hour from Bordertown by bus. It is a considerably bigger town so maintains offices and services that are not available in Bordertown. Where this photo is taken in the park looking towards the Naracoorte Hotel in the background is the main square where to my right out of picture are located the Council offices and library and behind me and to my left the main business district.

Just as the site of Woolshed Street that is the main street in Bordertown and its hotel, The Woolshed Hotel was a landholding and just as 'Woolshed' betrays the primary business of the first Bordertown settlers, the brothers' Scott and the Macleods and Binnies, here where the photo is taken in Naracoorte was the property of John Macintosh who built and managed the hostelry, The Merino Inn, exactly where the Naracoorte Hotel now stands.

I noted today from a public plaque regarding John Macintosh that the name of the manager of a second hotel built/purchased by him was Duncan Macrae. Just sayin'. :)