The Robertson Cemetery
...may not seem like the first place to visit when you arrive but do check it out. It's very old, very peaceful and very beautiful - with lovely views. To get there, turn up the road next to the Robbo Butcher, cross the tracks, go left at the Belmore Falls sign and follow the road to the end. Watch out for wombats on the way!
For a list of burial sites, names and images of grave sites, see the online register, created by Hawkesbury On The Net.
For a list of burial sites, names and images of grave sites, see the online register, created by Hawkesbury On The Net.
But it gets windy up there sometimes...
"There has been a sad event in the cemetery, which I am confident is wind-related, not a result of mindless vandalism. This occurred in mid-July 2011, in a period of Force 10 storms.
This perfectly lovely head stone has blown over, and in so doing has cracked and been chipped. You can see the fresh flakes and you can see how it hit one side of the grave wall-edge and that caused it to split on the diagonal.
In the same windy week, half of one of the huge Sally Wattles (Blackwood Wattles) in the Cemetery grounds also came down. This tree was noted for the huge load of vines which were growing over the tree, and they acted like a spinnaker, trapping the wind and greatly increasing the loading on the tree. A neighbouring Blackwood Wattle, whch did not have so many vines, survived the winds just fine." Denis Wilson, 15 July 2011
This perfectly lovely head stone has blown over, and in so doing has cracked and been chipped. You can see the fresh flakes and you can see how it hit one side of the grave wall-edge and that caused it to split on the diagonal.
In the same windy week, half of one of the huge Sally Wattles (Blackwood Wattles) in the Cemetery grounds also came down. This tree was noted for the huge load of vines which were growing over the tree, and they acted like a spinnaker, trapping the wind and greatly increasing the loading on the tree. A neighbouring Blackwood Wattle, whch did not have so many vines, survived the winds just fine." Denis Wilson, 15 July 2011