9 January, 2010
The old park at Warragamba Dam brings back memories of Saturdays and Sundays in my childhood spent having family picnics at the dam.
When I was a kid we used to visit often in winter. There was a playground specially designed for the vision impaired that had instructions on the railings in braille, there was a large grass area below the water tower just big enough to play French Cricket and there was a small room in the middle of the park housing the simulated Warragamba Dam display that we HAD to press repeatedly, obviously to see if it did anything else but pour water down the wall.
The Old Park
Our most recent trip managed to bring these memories flooding back as I stood in the same park that is now run down, outside the perimeter of the recent upgrade and with the information centre and display closed down.
The day was heaps of fun despite the heat, and I enjoyed revisiting it before people start to return to the dam now that it has reopened. Unfortunately, I couldn’t convince anyone to play the obligatory game of French Cricket… not even the male additions to our rapidly expanding family!
Ahh... Serenity 
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