Black Cat White Cat Run

03 December 2019 / Writing Adele Weatherall, Photos Bill Short

Black Cat, White Cat, 28 November 2019

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Waiting! Waiting! 18 members met at Mt Keira Summit Park and watched the group from RPM enjoy their morning tea while the Illawarra group waited patiently for the kiosk to open. Waiting! Waiting! For a member who shall not be named. After a phone call to said member we found out he had forgotten and was doing a job on the roof of his house! Not good enough BB!

Wes then gave us a bit of a history lesson about John Macarthur before 11 cars (including a Porsche, whose driver wore matching red shoes) snaked further up Mt Keira and out onto the Picton Road turning off at Wilton and going down through Douglas Park. We then crossed the causeway over the Nepean River and drove under the rocky overhang of the small gorge. To our right we marvelled at the gigantic stanchions of the F5 Freeway Twin Bridges opened in 1980.

Further on to Menangle and past the ruin of the old Rotolactor. Those of us old enough will remember the exciting sight of cows going round and round in circles while being milked. The traffic lights, trucks and left hand turns kept us on our toes traversing Campbelltown where we only lost one car. They weren’t ‘lost’ just followed directions and stopped along the way. Then across through Narellan towards Bringelly. Who cleans all those mansions?? If Macarthur was alive today he would be leading the Housing Rebellion instead of the Rum
Rebellion! Nancy Bird Walton would also have trouble finding her new Airport at Badgerys Creek.

Lena and Wes told us they picked the ‘Black and White Cat’ on the strength of a terrific Devonshire Tea. We were not disappointed in the meals. The food was terrific. Some of the best and more innovative that we have had in a while. The cooks are two young women one of whom took over the Café 18 mths ago. They use herbs, flowers and some vegetables from their garden and honey comes from the bee hives on site. Everything is cooked to order which leaves plenty of time to chat. We all said we would like to return to try the other choices on the menu.

Feeling happy after his fabulous breakfast, Tony sent Jenny across the road to buy herself a pair of lovely earrings from La Petite Maison.

So…. plenty to do and see on a run from Wollongong to Mulgoa. Another tick for the MX-5 Club. Thank you Hill’s for your organisation.