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Southern Road, and, probably, little more than the whip would have been visible to act as a beacon to warn travellers not to approach it. On, one occasion, when we had got deeply bogged, I asked a man, who was at the time hard at work with a spade digging his dray out of a bog, to come and as assist us. He immediately came, and also another man, with whose help we saved the life of our horse. Twice our horse got bogged up to the belly, notwithstanding the utmost precautions we could use, and on one occasion broke a shaft, which we had to splice in the best we could with the reins, some straps, and saplings. One of the mail-driven told us that one of his wheelers had sunk to the hips, and was I with difficulty drawn out by the remainder of the team. He said he had been twenty-two hours in coming thirty-two miles, and that nothing should induce him to continue driving by night on such a dangerous road.
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Shopping Village and the other in the newer Tahmoor Town Centre. In addition to these there are a variety of small businesses, an expanding medical and dental centre, along with two prominent fast-food outlets, some take-aways and restaurants. Tahmoor like Picton has a Chamber of Commerce which supports community based projects.
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As part of its town and community planning strategies, determined to make
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There are bushwalking opportunities in the area with tracks that start from the
Potholes Reserve. These lead to Potholes Reserve, Mermaid Pools, See Through Pools, Bargo Falls, Rapids on the Bargo River and Tahmoor Gorge. It is also possible to trek downstream to the
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passes just south of the town; the Bargo River
Crossing on the Great South Road was so notoriously difficult for travellers, causing many delays and accidents, that it has even passed into Australian folklore, in the form of the song
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Southern Highlands Heritage Drives : R.T.A pamphlet
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Take a bit of green hide, and hook another horse on.'
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Bargo River, original crossing place south of Tahmoor
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827:Reed, A.W. 1973.
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896:Thomas Holt
862:29 November
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553:Bushwalking
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348:Bargo River
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141:Postcode(s)
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103:150°35′32″E
90:Coordinates
1410:Categories
1375:Warragamba
1350:Silverdale
1140:8 February
920:0725408618
768:References
390:Mungo Park
374:bushranger
177:Wollongong
165:Sydney CBD
128:Population
100:34°13′27″S
1370:Thirlmere
1345:Razorback
1290:Lakesland
1275:Couridjah
1013:CC-BY 4.0
885:, pp 8-11
849:"Tahmoor"
472:Education
425:railheads
402:treadmill
306:Australia
268:Couridjah
256:Thirlmere
203:Macarthur
171:Mittagong
150:Elevation
1390:Yanderra
1365:The Oaks
1320:Nangarin
1300:Menangle
1285:Glenmore
996:. H01258
973:pp 23-27
969:Bayley,
931:Bayley,
881:Bayley,
758:graffiti
592:C. W. A.
539:Anglican
527:Catholic
463:Commerce
158:Location
1380:Werombi
1355:Tahmoor
1325:Oakdale
1016:licence
935:pp 8-11
797:13 July
531:Uniting
455:At the
417:Newtown
316:History
294:Tahmoor
260:Tahmoor
77:Tahmoor
25:Tahmoor
1385:Wilton
1335:Picton
1315:Nattai
1295:Maldon
1270:Cawdor
1260:Buxton
1000:18 May
922:p. 354
918:
834:
247:Picton
198:Region
186:LGA(s)
1235:Bargo
1230:Appin
1062:1 May
744:Notes
392:, or
386:Bruce
308:, in
273:Bargo
1142:2019
1064:2010
1002:2018
916:ISBN
864:2009
832:ISBN
799:2017
537:and
488:The
346:The
227:Hume
145:2573
339:, (
300:of
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