15NewNcia6.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Artwork on the walls of the Abbey Church. Our guide mentioned that one of the Spanish monks did the work in a combination of paint and plaster. We remebered seeing the same technique used in the Alhambra Palace of Granada, Spain.
DSC_0099.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. In the front of St Gertrudes.
DSC_0148.JPG=Approaching Cervantes, on a dull evening.
15NewNciaPan01.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. St Gertrudes. (panorama)
15NewNcia10.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. St Gertrudes chapel.
15NewNcia14.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Cemetary with many graves from the mid1800's.
DSC_0006crop.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Early artwork from the 1860's.
DSC_0007.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Old laundry.
15NewNciaPan03.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Monastery. (panorama)
DSC_0146.JPG=Between New Norcia and Cervantes, Western Australia. A reminder of "Dark Hedges" in Ireland.
15NewNciaPan15.JPG=Cervantes, Western Australia - Wind turbines. (panorama)
15NewNcia3.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Monastery.
15NewNcia7.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. An Austrlian Ringneck "Twenty-eight Parrot".
DSC_0087.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. St. Ildephonsus.
15NewNcia18.jpg=Between New Norcia and Cervantes, Western Australia. A strange roadside scene.
15NewNcia12.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. St. Ildephonsus chapel.
15NewNcia13.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Cemetary with many graves from the mid1800's.
DSC_0086.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. St. Ildephonsus.
DSC_0011.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Another wide load passing through.
DSC_0133.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. The hotel was originally built to house parents visiting the student boarders.
15NewNcia2.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Abbey Church.
DSC_0048.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. A restored cottage.
DSC_0115.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. St Gertrudes.
DSC_0107.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia.
15NewNcia17.jpg=The New Norcia hotel, Western Australia.
DSC_0147.JPG=Approaching Cervantes, on a dull evening.
15NewNciaPan13.JPG=Cervantes, Western Australia - Wind turbines. (panorama)
DSC_0139.JPG=Between New Norcia and Cervantes, Western Australia.
15NewNciaPan11.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. St Gertrudes. (panorama)
DSC_0007crop.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Early artwork from the 1860's.
15NewNcia9.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. The Education Centre.
15NewNciaPan12.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Old machinery display. (panorama)
DSC_0100.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. St Gertrudes.
DSC_0065.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. The old flour mill.
DSC_0003.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Wedged in among the trees at our overnight sstopover.
DSC_0054.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. St. Ildephonsus.
15NewNciaPan04.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Monastery. (panorama)
15NewNcia15.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Old machinery display.
DSC_0013.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Pathway to St Gertrudes.
15NewNcia1.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia.Old (Aborigines) cottage site.
15NewNciaPan02.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Monastery. (panorama)
DSC_0078.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. St. Ildephonsus chapel.
DSC_0049.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Abbey Church.
15NewNcia5.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Abbey Church.
15NewNciaPan07.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. High wall to separate boys and girls schools. (panorama)
DSC_0052.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. The olive groves.
15NewNcia8.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. The "new" flour mill.
15NewNciaPan14.JPG=Cervantes, Western Australia - Wind turbines. (panorama)
DSC_0111.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Behind St Gertrudes is one of the wells (cistern).
DSC_0066.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. The "new" flour mill.
DSC_0106.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. The settlement was founded by two Spanish Benedictines, Rosendo Salvado and Joseph Serra and was named after Norcia in Italy.
DSC_0067.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Old road grader outside the "new" flour mill.
15NewNcia16.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. Old machinery for farming and wine making.
DSC_0101.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Cemetary with many graves from the mid1800's.
DSC_0020.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Monastery guesthouse.
15NewNcia11.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. St. Ildephonsus chapel.
DSC_0110.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Behind St Gertrudes is one of the wells (cistern).
DSC_0116.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Old laundry.
15NewNcia4.jpg=New Norcia, Western Australia. The Abbey Church, containing the tomb of Rosendo Salvado.
DSC_0019.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. old piggery.
DSC_0021.JPG=New Norcia, Western Australia. Abbey Church.
