| Four Posts We scan the sky and comment on clouds now gathering on the horizon and pray for the rain that never seems to come. It’s time to find some relief from the heat and the dry. Travelling along a dusty, corrugated road which leads off the bitumen road from the town and into the Tuppal Forest, down over a dry gully, a track winds on among the giant Red Gums and box eucalypts, you may even see some kangaroos before reaching a camp overlooking the banks of the Edward River itself. Four Posts is a beautiful natural setting some 8 kilometres South East from Deniliquin and has been many things over the years - an area used by drovers in the past to rest and overnight their stock, Crown Land with many trees and small lagoons offering clean water and shelter, a Scout camp site for Jamborees and meetings, a neglected corner of the world where vandals expressed their aimless anger, it has now been transformed into a most effective Youth Camp. Thanks to a very dedicated community committee instigated by the Lions Club of Deniliquin and with the help of other service clubs and many community minded people, it now operates most successfully, organising and running this facility for youth generally. Many amenities have been added over time to the naturally beautiful setting. You can find living quarters, the necessary ablution blocks, various sporting facilities, mini golf, canoeing, fishing, swimming, boating and even an open air chapel in a quite corner under the trees. Sandy beaches make natural boat launching sites, picnic tables and shady grass make places just to sit and contemplate the beauty of the flora and fauna surrounding the area. Come and watch the birds cavorting on the river, fish jumping from the water and creating whirlpools as they dash for the tasty insects floating by. Sheltered from the burning sun by a vast canopy of trees you can take in the smells of the river, the tall eucalypts, food cooking on campfires and sometimes the dead carp that have been caught and thrown up on the bank - wheew! While sitting and contemplating the overall beauty, remember that just across the river, all part of the Tuppal Forest, is the home of the almost extinct Southern Hairy Nose Wombat. Deep in the forest signs of the habitation of these indigenous animals have been discovered - burrows and signs of fairly recent activity - but no actual sightings have yet occurred - pity! Four Posts Recreation Reserve Camp is run by a community based committee - loads of volunteers and two very dedicated caretaker managers. It’s natural beauty and ammenities benefits the whole of this community and school, youth and sporting bodies and their like from around the country. |
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Sylvia Baker and Nola Austin,
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