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NEWSMonday January 28, 2019 THE SENIORTRAVELLER SA 3www.thesenior.com.au/travel
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LOVE IT: Take in Switzerland's naturalbeauty.
COMING UP NEXTmonth we take you to one of themost beautiful countries in the world– Switzerland. If you have a head forheights and a taste for cheese and choc-olate, you won’t want tomiss our storyon the glorious Swiss Alps.Thanks to theever-so-efficient Swiss rail service youcan travel by fast trains, mountain trainsand cable cars to small pockets that arebreathtakingly beautiful. And there’s nobetter time to visit than autumnwhenthe trees are lit in brilliant red and or-ange hues and the hardy Swiss, many intheir 70s and 80s, strap on their hikingboots, grab their walking poles and headup themountains. When the hiking’sdone, join them for a cheese fondue anda glass or two of Swiss wine.
IF YOU GO...ON February 23,The Hydro Majestic Hotelwill host its annual long lunch – an oppor-tunity for art deco buffs to don their mostsophisticated 1920s-inspired costumes andgraze on a decadent regional food and wineshowcase.Music in the Mountains will present theBlue Mountains Charleston Challengeto raise funds for the Rural Fire Servicethrough gold coin donations. Registeronline.www.hydromajestic.com.auwww.charlestonchallenge.com.aubluemountainsvintagecadillacs.com.auwww.talismangallery.com.auThe writer travelled as a guest of Escarp-ment Group.Photo: Blacksmith Fitzpatrick
Mountains fire up ‘20s styleIN ITS heyday in the early1900s, after a failed start asa hydropathic sanatorium,the Hydro Majestic Hotel atMedlow Bath in the NSWBlue Mountains hostedlavish parties for Sydney’swealthy.
But today’s Roaring 20sevent is far from elitist; it’sall about food, fun and fash-ion, with outfits spanningOp-Shop bargains to familyheirlooms.
The Hydro Majestic Tra-ditional Long Lunch is acelebration of all things1920s – break out the bobbedwigs, bugle beads, bracesand bowties. Ensemblesrange from flapper dressesand fishnets for the ladies todapper suits and fedoras forthe gents.
Held in the Majestic Ball-room the long lunch is a cele-bratory feast of regional foodand wines hosted by cookingpersonality LyndeyMilan. .
Next day I take a tour ina ruby-red 1929 Cadillac LaSalle Phaeton. Her vintagelines and glistening chrometurn heads as we cruise thestreets of Leura and Katoom-
ba. Blue Mountains VintageCadillacs co-owner DonaldMillar says the car is affec-tionately calledFloraafterhismother, who learned to drivein the vehicle in the 1950s.
Flora exudes quality and
elegance of a bygone era,but even then she was a col-lector’s item, one of only 449ever built. When a Model AFord was the equivalent of$300, the La Salle was $2500.
We putter down tree-
arched lanes and pause atmist-shrouded WentworthFalls Lake. We take a stroll atEverglades Historic Houseand Gardens, a five-hectareproperty of European-stylegardens operated by the Na-
tional Trust. The next day Isettle into Parklands CountryGardens & Lodges in Black-heath, a Hamptons-styleproperty surrounded bytowering pines and mani-cured lawns. My balcony is
cocooned by arching mapleswith lichenencrusted trunks.
Further along the road isGovetts LeapLookout,wherethe Grose Valley is chiselledout of the basalt-toppedsandstone cliffs.
I head further afield toHartley Historic Villagetucked into the hillside be-neath a dramatic stone tor.The heritage buildings in-clude a courthouse, post of-fice and sandstone churches.
Behind the village in anold woolshed is TalismanGallery, where Ron Fitz-patrick introduces me toblacksmithing. Ron’s workspans fine jewellery, sheetmetal-framed mirrors andlarge-scale wrought iron andstained-glass garden sculp-tures, many with Celtic andMedieval influences.
Under Ron’s tutelage Iheat and hammer a straightmetal rod, gradually flatten-ing it before twisting andcurving a handle. Fire roarsin the forge, the ball peenhammer pings off the anviland water hisses as I plungein the red-hot metal. Strikeby strike my fire poker takesshape – afitting souvenir of aroaring weekend.
BY BRIAR JENSEN
TOP TWENTIES: Kath Clarke (left) and Linda Connell turned heads with their eye-catching outfits, true to the era.Photos: Briar Jensen.
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