Central Tilba is comprised of a series of restored miners cottages. They are very colourful, and very cute! It is no doubt a tourist area, remeniscent of the Southern Highlands town of Berrima, with a bit of Far North Coast new age style thrown in.

The cottages themselves are lovely. My work colleague, a former country boy, was all very blase about my fascination with cottages, but they are lovely. Even the pub is rather cute! I really wouldn’t mind having one of these cottages on the edge of town, with a little garden, overlooking the valley.

The Tilba Valley is the cutest place. About an hour south of Batemans Bay, and only 5km long, it has two villages, former mining towns, overshadowed by limestone outcrops.

Like in most towns in Australia, one can’t escape the shadows of war. This memorial, however, is more scenic than most.