Cowaramup Country

GOODBYE OLD FRIEND

Tomorrow the old church next door to Cowaramup Agencies is going on a little journey and we say goodbye as she steps into her new life. Having sat unused now for several years, Rob and Julie Saunders from Taunton Farm Holiday Park are giving her a new home, a bit of a touch up and a new lease on life. People will able to use her for weddings and functions and she'll be right at home amongst the gum trees just up the road and still in the district.

Rob also has a family connection with the church, as it was his grandfather, apparently who, at the end of a Sunday service, would set a a quasi-dentistry and help with the parishioner's dental problems - pulling out teeth and the like. Ouch!

In the last week, the preparations have been carried out. The beautiful, old pews have gone into storage, the inside of the building has been braced, the roof has been taken off, and now she sits on the back of a truck waiting to be taken down the road tomorrow. With a police escort no less.

So, as sad as it will be to see her go, I think that this is a much better alternative to her sitting there, unused, unloved and neglected and slowly wasting away like the iconic "Old House" or the Old School near Wirring Road. She's going off to greener pastures and a better life.

Goodbye and bon voyage! x