The town of Finley was our next destination and a nice little town it it. We stayed at the sports grounds where they were holding Sheep Dog Trials, something different to watch, there had to be at least 50 plus dogs here, at feeding time some howled for there tucker, but come night you didn't hear a peep.
Finley is in the Riverina region of NSW and up until recently supported three pubs, two are for sale, one closed and one is still going, we had a beer there and the third seems to be the only one not up for sale. As small towns go they are an extremely friendly bunch.
After two days of relaxing we headed over to Jarliderie, again a small struggling town. Ned Kelly and his gang terrorised this town and robbed the Jerilderie Bank in 1879. The outlaws captured two Policemen and imprisoned the in there own gaol cell before dressing in their uniforms and telling the locals they were reinforcements from Sydney sent to protect them from the notorious Kelly Gang. later the gang held up the local bank and got away with a haul of more than two thousand pounds, they then went to the telegraph office and forced a number of locals to cut down the poles, if they refused he would "shot them like the dogs they were". He and his gang held 30 people hostage overnight in the Royal Mail Hotel, which is still standing as we had a beer there too, where Ned wrote the famous Jerliderie Letter where he pleads of the innocence and the desire for justice for his family and poor Irish settlers of Victoria's North East.
Finley is in the Riverina region of NSW and up until recently supported three pubs, two are for sale, one closed and one is still going, we had a beer there and the third seems to be the only one not up for sale. As small towns go they are an extremely friendly bunch.
After two days of relaxing we headed over to Jarliderie, again a small struggling town. Ned Kelly and his gang terrorised this town and robbed the Jerilderie Bank in 1879. The outlaws captured two Policemen and imprisoned the in there own gaol cell before dressing in their uniforms and telling the locals they were reinforcements from Sydney sent to protect them from the notorious Kelly Gang. later the gang held up the local bank and got away with a haul of more than two thousand pounds, they then went to the telegraph office and forced a number of locals to cut down the poles, if they refused he would "shot them like the dogs they were". He and his gang held 30 people hostage overnight in the Royal Mail Hotel, which is still standing as we had a beer there too, where Ned wrote the famous Jerliderie Letter where he pleads of the innocence and the desire for justice for his family and poor Irish settlers of Victoria's North East.
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