Blog 708. Sunbury Tea Plantation House and Gardens with Afternoon Tea.

House and Gardens, Sunbury Tea Plantation.

The trick is to be the last in the group; when they have looked at everything, you can admire in an empty room to your heart’s desire. This is what I tried to do today, and while unknowing of what I was looking at, the house contained some phenomenal artefacts including a room full of cameras from maybe the 30s or early 50s to almost the present day. Sadly, no guidebook to this interesting place is available. This is a pity because much of what the guide explained might be, and is by me, soon forgotten. Photography was encouraged, which helps.

The optical room. The top left hand camera is very similar to my first camera, a Brownie 6 Twenty which I wish I had kept!
Brick paving with brick makers’ marks.

Prior to Afternoon Tea at Sunbury, we had refreshment (rum or fruit punch) at the lovely Atlantis Hotel, once a railway station. Apparently, the sea-salt corroded the coastal infrastructure, thus deeming the narrow gauge sugar railway unviable.

Something else to look for on eBay!

I am back at the Cruise Terminal where the WiFi isn’t quite as good as it was yesterday.

Thanks for reading, David. I had better walk back to the ship now.

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